Our population has been broken if Henry David Thoreau is correct to say that we are enslaved and obedient. We are too obedient on the whole. If the order comes from a politician, bureaucrat, or scientist, we will obey it regardless of how ridiculous, stupid, or immoral it may be.
Holism is becoming a more serious threat because we have sacrificed freedom to protect ourselves from less serious threats. The Internet, smartphones, and social media may prove to be very unfavorable technologies for those who want us to follow technocratic holism. Can the tide reverse itself? It is said that politics developed after cultural society.