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Eventually, the people of this new global fascist state will be required to receive a mark on their right hand or forehead in order to conduct any type of commerce. This will also be done in the name of security.


Uh, no they won't. They'll just be identified via eye and/or finger/thumb/hand print scanning. We already have our own "UPC" symbols on our bodies. No need to tattoo them - that'd be a little bit behind the times. Our bodies already have everything governments need to institutionalize us. A thumb print is a whole heck of a lot more reliable than a tattoo (the latter of which can be removed - the former, not so easy, especially not eyes! Who's going to escape the system through self-blinding? Not a whole heck of a lot of people.)

The idea of a bar code tattoo is so 1960's. It reminds me of the movie THX1138, for those of who who've seen it. It's an outdated view of the future and it just ain't gonna happen given current and upcoming technologies.