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The "Government needs to know all about you" is a technocratic conceit less than 100 years old. I remember, as a kid, when Canada rolled out the Social Insuran
by b112 3y ago
The "Government needs to know all about you" is a technocratic conceit less than 100 years old.
I remember, as a kid, when Canada rolled out the Social Insurance Number, only for tax use! Now it's used for everything.
And later... health cards! Used to be, you'd just wander into a hospital.
Now you need endless id for everything.
50 years only!
It's really absurd.
- zht 3y agowhat is your main concern about requiring IDs to do things like obtain health care?
- ComposedPattern 3y agoEveryone deserves healthcare. It doesn't matter who they are.
- beanjuiceII 3y agoTrue, tho I wonder if there are enough people to provide it