Just how do You figure those hidden hands, with quadrillions...maybe pentillions, sextillions, septillions, who knows? are no longer in control of "the power" or "the internet?" They hold the backbone of the web, as I said. It's military. They can shut it all down any time They want.
Perhaps the script is written to suggest that They have lost power. But... They own the for-profit corporations around the globe, from town to country, that Most call "Our governments."
Yes, Many are working on free energy tech, and speak of going "off grid." But when that free energy starts flowing, money will lose all power(/energy).