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Three mechanisms. One cage. Separately, they look like progress. Together, they're the architecture of a new kind of prison - one where the bars are biometric scanners, the guards are algorithms, and the warden is a smart contract with no phone number.
Separately, each layer looks like progress - better security, fraud prevention, operational efficiency.
Together, they create something Philip K. Dick's door would recognize: a system where property doesn't belong to you anymore, where ownership becomes conditional access, and where one missed payment or one failed fingerprint scan transforms you from owner to beggar.

Excellent article and why we have to stand up against all these machinery by the state.
289 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 18h
Not just by the state either. What I find most cringe about the whole smart contract thing is that somehow, the financialization people have been very successful in capturing blockchain away from the honest use-case it was envisioned for. Shackles can be made out of freedomtech too.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @news1971 9h
Thanks DC. The more I read about it it gets clearer. Sci-fiction books are now like historical novels.
When I heard about the disputes between Copernicus or Galileo with the Religious doctrines I thought it was too much or something in thr past.
But today it feels like a completely real situation for someone close to me.
Im starting to understand that knowledge is a powerful tool and has been punishable ever since.
I still finde “easy” to just say no and step up like a living person.
Knowing about the law feels ilegal and makes me question everything I was taught. It feels like wanting to light a candle and people tell you yo have to inform others otherwise the city can get burned to the ground.
An interesting article
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fenix 3h
They are cover all digital life now. Where I lived gov have a all in one app, from a another company and all data are at data brokers already.
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