Goddamn, these authoritarians...
We are so resilliant towards the MyNumber spycard, the Japanese government basically gives you 2 options now: get a MyNumber card, or die.
http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/9883280.html
We are so resilliant towards the MyNumber spycard, the Japanese government basically gives you 2 options now: get a MyNumber card, or die.
http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/9883280.html
@ryo Goddamn, they really want everybody on their shitty fucking MyNumber card this badly...
@JapanAnon @ryo Quick rundown on MyNumber?
@coin @ryo There's also the distinction between the MyNumber system (assigned number to all residents of Japan) and the MyNumber Card (an RFID-chip embedded card with a person's data on it, for use with NFC systems).
While everybody received a number, the cards were issued by application. JGov imagined that everybody would rush out to get the super cool MyNumber Card, except they didn't... nowhere near as many as they wanted/needed.
From there they started trying to shoehorn the fucking thing into whatever they could to boost the number of takers. They created a shitty mascot character, a Point System to get shopping discounts if you swipe it at the register, etc etc.
When the Digital Agency released its national Vaccine Passport app, registration for the (more convenient) electronic paperless version required verification via NFC using the MyNumber Card, meaning anybody without one was railroaded into the less convenient paper version.
This current move represents the most forceful attempt to shoehorn the damn thing in yet... with a population that's majority elderly, most of whom need some kind of treatment or medication, it's practically a gun to the head of most of the country. National Health Insurance covers 70% of almost all medical costs, but you have to present your Health Insurance Card at least once a month for verification. If they phase it out and merge it with MyNumber Card, it'll mean "get a MyNumber Card or you're paying out the ass for all your medical bills, peasant."
While everybody received a number, the cards were issued by application. JGov imagined that everybody would rush out to get the super cool MyNumber Card, except they didn't... nowhere near as many as they wanted/needed.
From there they started trying to shoehorn the fucking thing into whatever they could to boost the number of takers. They created a shitty mascot character, a Point System to get shopping discounts if you swipe it at the register, etc etc.
When the Digital Agency released its national Vaccine Passport app, registration for the (more convenient) electronic paperless version required verification via NFC using the MyNumber Card, meaning anybody without one was railroaded into the less convenient paper version.
This current move represents the most forceful attempt to shoehorn the damn thing in yet... with a population that's majority elderly, most of whom need some kind of treatment or medication, it's practically a gun to the head of most of the country. National Health Insurance covers 70% of almost all medical costs, but you have to present your Health Insurance Card at least once a month for verification. If they phase it out and merge it with MyNumber Card, it'll mean "get a MyNumber Card or you're paying out the ass for all your medical bills, peasant."
@icedquinn @coin @JapanAnon yup...
And it's going to infect all countries at one point.
So maybe it's time we all just create new countries like Liberland, make as many countries as possible to the point it becomes so unmanageable that the whole concept of government disappears.
And it's going to infect all countries at one point.
So maybe it's time we all just create new countries like Liberland, make as many countries as possible to the point it becomes so unmanageable that the whole concept of government disappears.
@ryo @coin @icedquinn @JapanAnon Bir Tawil is still unclaimed. We just need to green the desert and we're good to go.
@xianc78 @coin @icedquinn @JapanAnon As far as I know, multiple entrepreneurs started their country there, but they all eventually gave up.
Also, how the fuck do you green a desert?
Also, how the fuck do you green a desert?
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@ryo @coin @icedquinn @JapanAnon There are various methods. It has been done before.
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@xianc78 @coin @icedquinn @JapanAnon Oh, so it really is a thing after all.
