"...you begin to realise that it's actually really difficult (on multiple levels) to detach yourself from it and not feed into the system they're attempting to create."
The Rube Goldbergian complexity of the despotism incipient is deceptively daunting, because the global battleplan necessary to defeat it is but the individually distributed and ultimately local points of economic development that diverts beneficial interest to sovereign people who create the benefits away from the centralization of corporate institutions that flow to the slop troughs of overlord swine.
Make your goods and services, in a community of sovereigns doing the same, and concatenate free society unassailable by the most militarized mercenary thugs. Always keep in mind that the first needed service is your security, and defend your means of production so that every other need can be met.
It's that simple.
I'm working on it!