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Re:Ron Paul blocked from posting on Facebook by mariusor on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @07:34AM (#25745980)
I think pretty soon we'll see a movement for national ids to have an electronic component to them, which would be useful exactly in these kinds of situations.
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Re:Ron Paul blocked from posting on Facebook by andrewmcwatters on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:19AM (#25747189)
No you won’t, and it’s exactly why we use the social security system for identification even though it is explicitly stated to not be used as such: Americans consistently shot down attempts to identify its own citizens. Any suggestion otherwise ignores history and why we use what we use today.
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Re:Ron Paul blocked from posting on Facebook by mariusor on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:56PM (#25766428)
I wasn't thinking about the US when I wrote that to be honest.
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