The ruling class dresses up its schemes as progress. Every new mechanism of control is sold as convenience, safety, or efficiency. Digital ID is their latest trick. Governments and corporations cla…
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I think the issue isn’t with “Digital ID” per se, but rather with another issue the article touches on which is how people end up lost as data in a vast system.
In Australia, we’ve had ongoing class action lawsuits and scandals relating to our welfare system because past governments implemented aggressive (and illegal) rules that cut payments early and even made up enormous fake debts which drove some people to suicide.
So far no criminal charges have been laid on the people who came up with these cruel ideas.