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[–]MarkimusNational Socialist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Nobody is going to agree to having a global ID of some kind, if you give people the choice, right?

Bro, yes they would and they have been. We've been transitioning to a cashless society for a long time. Your whereabouts and all communications are monitored on your smartphone. What you're talking about already exists in pretty much the exact form you're describing. Convenience already sleepwalked people into the techno-dystopia you see in the future, over a decade ago.

I don't think they're going to start doing those things tbh. A pandemic is a unique case where they can do vaccine cash grabs, it's pretty paranoid to expect this to continue in perpetuity imo.

[–]proc0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I mistyped. I meant you won't get a vast majority of people to agree. Phones are still optional to a great extent, with many options that don't have all the features, etc.

it's pretty paranoid to expect this to continue in perpetuity imo.

I certainly hope you're right.

[–]MarkimusNational Socialist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know where you live but I don't know a single person who doesn't have a smartphone in post-industrial England. Maybe a few older people in rural areas might not give a fuck about it but I'd say 95%+ of western people below the age of 60 has smartphones nowadays.