I cannot think of a single society in human history that has ever been successful for an extended period while insisting on rigid identification and tracking protocols for individuals. It sure as hell didn't work for the USSR, did it?
RFID tracking of schoolchildren is a major step into damnation. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books <http://books.nightwares.com/> Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" <http://books.nightwares.com/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf> <http://books.nightwares.com/ockrassa/Storms_on_a_Flat_Placid_Sea.pdf> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l well as odd as it may sound I believe that the USSR may have survived much longer and been more "communal" had the tech existed to allow for tighter control, well a less intrusive control, that was more efficient then the report you neighbor policy, it would have been more of an report yourself policy. As much as we all hate to admit it, the world is turning farther and farther to the left and a strong democratic communist government will arise to take the place of the failing social lagging governments of today. Personally a more direct approach of governing is required where the citizens actually give a damn, and actually vote. This is a little starship trooper style, however it does have merit over all. A social style where citizenship is not a right of birth but a privilege earned through many different avenues. One can live and work and prosper without ever being a citizen, just you cant vote or have a say in what happens to the nation. Where a citizen has direct voting capabilities, their vote counts the same as everyone else's.... it can happen and I think it would weed out many of the morons that vote because they can and then vote for nut job candidates....... it becomes a spoiled ballet, and a waste of everyone's time. nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
