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Re:How to spot a good fake ID by neither_color on Saturday July 24, 2021 @09:52AM (#27940937)
I'm not religious but I think this is brilliant. Some 2000 years ago they'd already realized how dangerous it is if a tyrannical government has a way of IDing everyone and using that ID to arbitrarily grant or deny people rights and services on a whim. It's like anti-totalitarianism built right into the religion.
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Re:How to spot a good fake ID by joshstrange on Saturday July 24, 2021 @10:22AM (#27941163)
I don't think it was an "if", there is speculation that the mark is reference to Nero [0]. If true this means it wasn't a guess about the future but a commentary on current day events.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_beast#Nero

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