Will Digital ID Ban You from Society in 2028?

[Ninurta]

I don't have Real ID so good luck trying to get me on Digital ID. If that ends up with me being cut off from society it's fine by me- I can hunt, fish, raise livestock, garden and forage. I feel sorry for people with no survival skills though because self-sufficiency is the only way to get past this bullshit and it is definitely coming soon!

It's folks in the urban areas that will be hit hardest by this "digital ID". For the most part, there is nothing there for them to hunt other than vermin, pets, and each other. While many cities have a lot of plants thanks to beautification efforts, most of those plants are either useless for food, or else there are just not enough of them to go around when compared against the population size.

Some will undoubtedly try to expand out into the hinterlands in an effort to glean enough food to survive, but that will bring conflict all it's own - folks get funny about invaders trying to take all their resources when survival is on the line, and in this context "invaders" are anyone entering an area who is not native to it, who is trying to overload the area's resource base.

So it's likely that urban dwellers will be hardest hit and have the least number of choices - either take it, or die of either starvation or conflict. I would guess that is by design. If one wants to enslave an entire population, does it not make sense to attack the areas with the largest captive populations first, in order to enslave the most people for the least outlay?

I'll give an example of what it's like out here.We have a prepaid debit card - load what money you want to spend on it, then spend it and leave nothing there for folks to steal off of it. About a week ago, I ventured out into civilization on a light grocery run with that card... but the chip is broken in the card, and has been for months. At the checkout, since the chip was not working, I had to run it through the chip reader 3 times before it would let me slide the card. Then, for some reason I don't know the cause of yet, it would not read a slide, either. The cashier eventually ended up inputting the card number manually.

Unbenkownst to me, a late middle-aged guy was patiently waiting after he checked out, to see if the card was ever gonna work. He was wearing a coal miner's "uniform", which doesn't mean much, really, since that is a popular mode of dress around here for miners and ne'er do wells who want to pass as miners alike. The bill was only about 23.50, but that quiet little guy was not going to let me leave there empty-handed, and I didn't know him from Adam. When the card finally worked, he just grinned and nodded and went on his merry way without any fanfare at all. It wasn't a "look at me, I've got virtue" moment, he just saw an old dude he thought might be in need, and waited to see if he could help..

That's just how folks around here are. If you have something and someone else needs it, they have it too, whether they know it at the time or not.

There is a lot to be said for hunting, fishing, and foraging, but an often overlooked commodity under conditions of duress is community.

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