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posted by martyb on Wednesday November 06 2019, @03:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the papers-please dept.

The deadline of yet another, and perhaps the most insidious, element of the post-9/11 initiatives (a partial list of which includes the establishment of the Transportation Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and a never-ending international war against a nebulously-defined, noncorporeal enemy, "terror") is less than one year from coming to fruition. Beginning no later than October 1, 2020, citizens of all US states and territories will be required to have a Real ID compliant card or US passport to board a commercial plane or enter a Federal government facility. Pundits citing the inevitability of what amounts to a national ID card have, regrettably, been vindicated.

https://www.aier.org/article/while-you-slept-government-created-internal-passports/


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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday November 07 2019, @03:35AM (1 child)

    by RS3 (6367) on Thursday November 07 2019, @03:35AM (#917151)

    > Most voters vote with their feelz, and are easily swayed by mudslinging (not so much by hard cold facts).

    Yup. Sad but true. "Never let the facts get in the way of a good (news) story."

    "Popular Misconception" drives much of society's thinking and voting. People are too quick to believe what they hear in the news- they should be more skeptical. We need more Rosanne Rosanadana newscasters.

    In the news recently: CA proposition 47, which has resulted in a huge upswing in crimes of theft, shoplifting, etc. Brilliant!

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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday November 07 2019, @04:51AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Thursday November 07 2019, @04:51AM (#917180) Homepage

    Apparently the next natural step for a fullblown liberal democracy is to vote yourself into chaos.

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    And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.