I don’t think there’s any doubt that vaccine passports will become reality in the near future. It seems to be a wet dream for our most statist/big government advocates, and they are the ones in charge at this time. So while they may insist they will not force people to get vaccinated they will do everything in their power to “nudge” all of us to do what they want us to do.
Almost every dystopian novel I can think of includes government thugs having authority to stop any person any place at any time to demand to see their papers. No proper identification and off you go to places unknown until you acquiesce to all government edicts. It goes beyond dystopian novels, however. Some of the most tyrannical government’s in human history have put that policy in place. So it doesn’t seem that far fetched to me that we are headed down that same path, vaccine passports are just the first step, portrayed as innocuous by our leaders, and seemingly willing to be mutely accepted by a majority of our fellow citizens.
It seems to me that is the ultimate purpose behind vaccine passports. Law enforcement stops you on a whim and you’d better have your ID on you or you will face unhappy consequences.
For our most statist advocates on this board, Syskatine, Pilt, David Allen, I would ask what is the difference between vaccine passport identification card and any other form of identification being proposed by our more conservative brethren in order to vote? Why would you be in favor of a vaccine identification card that everyone must have in their possession in order to move about freely, but be opposed to requiring an identification card in order to vote?
Almost every dystopian novel I can think of includes government thugs having authority to stop any person any place at any time to demand to see their papers. No proper identification and off you go to places unknown until you acquiesce to all government edicts. It goes beyond dystopian novels, however. Some of the most tyrannical government’s in human history have put that policy in place. So it doesn’t seem that far fetched to me that we are headed down that same path, vaccine passports are just the first step, portrayed as innocuous by our leaders, and seemingly willing to be mutely accepted by a majority of our fellow citizens.
It seems to me that is the ultimate purpose behind vaccine passports. Law enforcement stops you on a whim and you’d better have your ID on you or you will face unhappy consequences.
For our most statist advocates on this board, Syskatine, Pilt, David Allen, I would ask what is the difference between vaccine passport identification card and any other form of identification being proposed by our more conservative brethren in order to vote? Why would you be in favor of a vaccine identification card that everyone must have in their possession in order to move about freely, but be opposed to requiring an identification card in order to vote?