> Why not? Should we shun good ideas because they can be associated with the current Big Bad?

Not all 'ideas' are 'good ideas'. Especially when governments only care about more control and once they do something unpopular, then they will abuse their 'emergency powers' to surveil, track and shutdown any unrest until the people comply. Even if it means freezing their bank accounts (and bypassing the banks) or shutting down ATMs to prevent cash withdrawals.

All possible with digital IDs and CBDCs.

I would consider the US the Big Bad in this situation, given its history of genocide, racial oppression, union busting, political infiltration and disenfranchisement, mass surveillance and the current right-wing zeitgeist against women and transgender people across half the country. I wouldn't give the US an inch in this regard.