At least under Rinze, you didn't have mind control.
Yeah, but it's just a formality if you have to perform certain actions, or else you'll be shot. Does it really matter if your will is free or not?...
And she uses magic and technology quite effectively.
Yeah, to give Rinze immortality and make her a goddess.
And she can afford to spend money wisely.
On cosmetics, Rinze posters, and her OnlyFans.
Ikigai is still worse than Rinze.
In an alternate timeline where Ikigai won, people live comfortably, without any mind control, by the way. Yes, technology has regressed, but so what? There are fewer ways for the government to control citizens. But in the current timeline, Rinze has become a goddess, and the former Realm is probably a scorched wasteland or something like that.
Where do we end up when we save the world?