I hope that picture of reality stays in Black Mirror.
It would represent a huge decline in personal liberty in the West so I’m betting it will be so unpopular as to be impossible, especially as older voters are replaced by digital natives who are aware of the problem.
People have said the same thing about gutting Social Security, but it seems like that's on the chopping block right now unfortunately.
In addition, SS requires a budget so is more open to controversy. Respecting individuals is free; violating their rights requires a budget as well.
Monarchs grew steadily more circumscribed from a de jure point of view. Eventually they became constitutional monarchs, then mere figureheads. Their de facto power also went from absolute steadily downward.
The same trend happened with Christianity: at one time the Pope was so powerful, he broke up the Holy Roman Empire. But there were many reformations, revolutions, Protestantism.
There's a clear trend of decentralization across the entire West, spanning a thousand years - because of individuals insisting on what we now call their inalienable human rights.