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I am not "dismissing" anyone as anything. I am talking about literal religious fanatics who have the same opposition to things like UPC codes[1] and credit card

I am not "dismissing" anyone as anything. I am talking about literal religious fanatics who have the same opposition to things like UPC codes[1] and credit cards[2] and COVID vaccines[3] and who knows what else. I'm not sure how a state-level database is supposed to be safer in real life. The idea that state governments are somehow less dangerous to minority groups than the federal government conflicts with large swaths of US history. [1] https://www.wired.com/2012/12/upc-mark-of-the-beast/ https://www.wired.com/2012/12/upc-mark-of-the-beast/ [2] https://www2.cbn.com/article/finances/are-credit-cards-associated-mark-beast https://www2.cbn.com/article/finances/are-credit-cards-assoc... [3] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/26/covid-vaccine-mark-beast-what-book-revelation-says/8255268002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/26/covid-...

Muromec 3y ago
>I'm not sure how a state-level database is supposed to be safer in real life. It will be relevant in a very improbable case the states would be at war with each other. It's an odd threat scenario to optimize for, but maybe something like that happened already and people are still not happy about the result. I dunno.
- Turing_Machine 3y ago
  > It will be relevant in a very improbable case the states would be at war with each other. You do realize that's actually happened before, right?
  - Muromec 3y ago
    The sound of woosh just happened
Turing_Machine 3y ago
> I am not "dismissing" anyone as anything. Yes, you are. You're lumping everyone opposed to a national ID into the category of "religious fanatics". > I'm not sure how a state-level database is supposed to be safer in real life. Because mitigates the potential number of victims. The population of the United States is about 330 million. The population of California (the most populous state) is only about 39 million. Now, some states would cooperate with a potential tyranny, and hand over their databases. Others... would not.

Muromec 3y ago

>I'm not sure how a state-level database is supposed to be safer in real life. It will be relevant in a very improbable case the states would be at war with each other. It's an odd threat scenario to optimize for, but maybe something like that happened already and people are still not happy about the result. I dunno.

Turing_Machine 3y ago
> It will be relevant in a very improbable case the states would be at war with each other. You do realize that's actually happened before, right?
- Muromec 3y ago
  The sound of woosh just happened

Turing_Machine 3y ago

> I am not "dismissing" anyone as anything. Yes, you are. You're lumping everyone opposed to a national ID into the category of "religious fanatics". > I'm not sure how a state-level database is supposed to be safer in real life. Because mitigates the potential number of victims. The population of the United States is about 330 million. The population of California (the most populous state) is only about 39 million. Now, some states would cooperate with a potential tyranny, and hand over their databases. Others... would not.