I'd like to hope this is the case, as I'd fare much better than under a classic dystopian police state. The things you mentioned (economics, fear) are largely under one's own control. I would certainly like to have that much control over the situation. Know about the money system, avoid debt, live frugally and you can beat their economic tactic. Move to a decent area of the country -- preferably rural -- and beat the neighbor surveillance tactic.
I'm in a rural area (and a conservative one, at that) so I don't worry about my neighbors at all.
But you're right -- most people self-police out of fear of the neighbors ratting them out. It's sad how quickly and easily most people capitulate.
Well, NOW, the economy is, to a point, under one's individual control, but that's part of their agenda ... to chip away at that. Some good thinkers on scamdemic suggest that they imposed the lockdowns precisely to put smaller and medium-sized operations out of business and consolidate power among the big ones that they control (Walmart, Target, Amazon, etc.). Kill off privately-owned small business and you have to go to these globalist-controlled operations for work. If the only jobs left are at the big corporations, then they can impose whatever requirements they want (you must have a vax to work for us). Killing off economic independence from the government is part of this agenda. They're not there yet, but they've taken some solid steps in that direction. Notice how Walmart was exempt as an "essential business" but then businesses who compete against them in some areas were closed. So, for example, GameStop was closed and could not sell video games, but you could go to Walmart and buy the same video games there. Mom and Pop Jєωelry stores were closed, but Walmart was still selling away. In fact, some legislators in Ohio introduced a bill recently rejecting such lockdowns on precisely those grounds with a bill entitled something along the lines of "Economic Fairness Act". Many millions are employed by small family-owned restaurants, and some reports suggest that 2/3rds of these will not survive scamdemic, and even fewer if there's a Lockdown 2.0.
Universal Basic Income is part of that strategy, by the way ... and even Bergoglio was promoting the notion a little while ago. Bergoglio is a promoter of this "Great Reset".