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> Most people will go get fingerprinted for a part-time job. That's how it starts. Then the government starts mandating transdermal implants at birth that cont
by yarou 10y ago
> Most people will go get fingerprinted for a part-time job.
That's how it starts. Then the government starts mandating transdermal implants at birth that contain a GPS chipset, and a kill switch. We're headed to a level of dystopian control that would make a brutal banana republic dictator shudder.
- Loughla 10y agoI can't tell if you're serious or not. If you are, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. If you're not, congratulations, you got me.
- ttraub 10y agoActually, we're not that far off from being chipped voluntarily. That's how it will start. "Let us chip you, and you won't need your badge to get through the front entrance anymore; and we'll give you a $50/week bonus." In an era when the government has access to our cell phone data via easily obtained FISA court permission, we're already a good chunk of the way there.
- Aelinsaar 10y agoOk, I'm willing to walk with you at least that far. Now take me on a journey to, "With a kill switch".
- yarou 10y agoNot a very long journey. After all, it was not so long ago in this country when people of a certain ethnic descent were locked up en masse. Maybe a kill switch is too far: how about an electrical charge to block the activity of your optic nerve and brain stem?
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