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Therealmewt 8 points ago +9 / -1

"You can't legally ask me about my health"

BAM. Fight won.

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Magastreammedia 20 points ago +21 / -1

That's fine, you can no longer bank here though. You can no longer get gas here. You can no longer work here. You can no longer get groceries here. You can no longer vacation here. You can no longer get insurance here.

You get the point.

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Wood_Shampoo1 10 points ago +10 / -0

Then we start our own means, I've already told my wife about starting a covid vaccine free school. I bet my enrollment would compete with current school districts.

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Magastreammedia 4 points ago +5 / -1

Sure, that's definitely something we are going to look into - however that means we are going to have to start a complete conservative (or at least a-political) economy - meaning lenders and such to give you the capital to begin this type of stuff. Not saying this isn't possible, but it's a lot harder than just saying "let's start out own school, our own banks, our own grocery stores"

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Perhelion 2 points ago +2 / -0

“You can no longer live.” It will get to that point too. You either accept the Mark of the Beast or you die.

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Therealmewt 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's nice. Let's see them enforce it.

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macrolinx 11 points ago +11 / -0

Oh, they'll skirt that. And here's how.

  1. No one that scans your "passport" will have any access or knowledge to your currently medical situation. Only whether or not you are "medically approved" based on certain standards.

  2. People who have legitimate exemptions will be able to "apply" for them, and will pass their little barcode scanner just like everyone else.

Of course I don't agree with any of this - that's just where my logic takes me to if I were going to try and make something like this work.

Then I start wondering, can you make this apply to certain foods people want to buy? Once a system like this is in place, what else can it be abused for?

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RussianAgent13 8 points ago +8 / -0

While the companies that develop the apps for that make billions.

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shaven_llama 1 point ago +1 / -0

Aww yea, we’ve just added a new layer of rent seeking middlemen into every transaction.

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LiterallyKaiser 5 points ago +5 / -0

The answer to your last question is when Twitter remembers an old, vaguely off-color joke you told nine years ago, and suddenly they pressure Walmart into denying your barcode access to places.

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macrolinx 3 points ago +3 / -0

That's a scary prospect isn't it. We all know how it goes with the gun background checks and airline black lists. Suddenly you're on a list and you have no idea what list, why or how to get off of it.

And we haven't even begun to talk about what happens when the system fails. Let's say you do everything you're "supposed to." You got your shot, you filed all your little proper paperwork like a good little commie. Then you show up at some venue you paid $300 for tickets to get into. One time only event - but NOW suddenly the government program says you're persona non-grata.

Oops... Sorry. All of the greater good though, right?

To me that's the only kind of thing that will wake normies up.

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shaven_llama 2 points ago +2 / -0

How does this transaction affect your carbon footprint? I’m sorry, comrade, you’re over your carbon limit for the month.