๐ ๐ ๐ Beware the push by those on the Left ๐๐ก๐ the Right who preach biometrics, facial recognition, and other intrusive technologies in the name of increased security and safety.
Remember that what you trade to gain that supposed security and safety is your personal anonymity and freedom.
While elitist authoritarians will argue that if you are not a criminal and have nothing to hide, these intrusive technologies won't harm you because ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ will not use them against you ...
Recall that Mao Tse Tung said the very same thing when he began the the ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป, also termed the Hundred Flowers Movement (Chinese: ็พ่ฑ้ฝๆพ).
It was a period from 1956 to 1957 in the People's Republic of China during which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) encouraged citizens to ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ of the Communist Party.
Following the failure of the campaign, CCP Chairman Mao conducted an ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป on those who criticized the party, which continued through 1959. Many were sent to their deaths or to long-term forced labor camps.
In other words, the authoritarian will tell you - "๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ค๐! ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ! ๐๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ค๐ข!"
But if you exercise it, beware. Now they know who you are, and they're coming after you.
You say that could never happen in the West? Remember that ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐'๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ was once considered "The West," too. And while the Nazis were not Communists, their authoritarian and nightmarish behavior was hardly different in the end.
And if ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ people had had access to biometrics, facial recognition, and more ... in the 1930s, 50s, and 60's ... imagine how much ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ horrible those periods of history might have been.
We must not allow the governments of so-called free peoples to fall into ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ any more than they already have - and we must fight to reclaim the liberties that have already been lost.
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๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐:
A) MacFarquhar, Roderick. 1960. The Hundred Flowers. pp. 3
B ) Hundred Flowers Campaign." Encyclopรฆdia Britannica. Retrieved 24 July 2020.See less