AKA, the conformity and obedience card. Injectable or nanotech versions could be optional, for now.
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-obedience-2795894
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/blog/fighting-the-climate-crisis-with-carbon-credits Getting the world on board so that most people can be conditioned to accept a global human herd management system will make life that much more comfortable for the billionares.
https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/company-guide/what-is-carbon-management Eventually, people can AI through their phone if they have permission to leave their home and go to various places. If their carbon footprint is too high for the week, they might be confined to their local 15 minute area.
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-asch-conformity-experiments-2794996 Just think how wonderful things could be if things are totally managed by a Global aGi system. Wonderful perhaps for those that want to have a Borg type world. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg
https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-borg-villains-history-explained/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Assimilation
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nanoprobe_virus
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_history Of course science fiction stories don't have to be 100% accurate or fully prophetic. They can be about alternate worlds, situations and timelines, etc.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Neural_link
So many people are trapped within a Left or Right paradigm when things are much more complex. Totalitarianism under any name is of no benefit to free people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming You are what you buy or what you eat?https://www.livekindly.com/poo-legally-allowed-food
A personal carbon_footprint management system run by AI, is a clever way to condition humanity into accepting the inhuman world of technocracy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint#Shifting_responsibility_from_corporations_to_individuals
https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/company-guide/what-is-carbon-management
Eventually, AI can determine if you can own a car or go on a plane to another country or continent. It can also decide whether or not to grant you a breeding permit.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Sustainability+Citizen+Digital+ID+System