Scarmig's Columns
E-Passport: Doorway to the Panopticon
MUST READ "The logistics of trying to interconnect 189 governments’ databases quickly escalates well beyond the realm of 'nightmare' into some kind of Lovecraftian singularity of technological horror." Column by Scarmig.
The Revolution Will Not Be American
"The simple fact of the matter is that the politicians (voiced with extreme venom and malice) have the single greatest weapon against conscious revolution ever discovered and, as strong as the internet is, as widespread as the memes have been sown, as loud as the song of liberty rings and as shrilly the howls of outrage echo across the digital plain, it is not enough to overcome apathy." Column by Scarmig.
"I mean, I’ve met Germans who lived through the Nazis, but this guy was part of the Underground. He fought against them and eventually left his home because he hated what the Nazis were doing. And then there are the Germans who stayed quiet, like the ones I met in Dachau. There's a difference in their eyes. And when I met this professor and heard his background I could see there was a fire in his eyes that the silent ones lacked. There was something righteous or proud. I decided at that time which one I wanted to be. And if I do nothing else, I want a public record of my resistance to this crap. I want my kids to be able to pull up my Google records in 50 years and say, 'Holy crap, Dad hated the government'." Column by Scarmig.
Recommended "We’re fighting for the principle. Not the results. They already have results that are acceptable. We like the principle; the idea that the results are achieved in a more respectable way. One of the great cornerstones of liberty is that the ends do not justify the means. It may be easier to make a thousand dollars by sticking a gun in someone’s face, but that doesn’t make it right. It is the principle of coercion that we abhor and wish to see chopped down at the root." Column by Scarmig.
How I Said No to the Automatic Social Security Number
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"My daughter is
not a number. It will be her choice
to enter the system if she wants. If
she chooses, she can be self-employed and never pay income tax.
She can keep the fruits of her labors for herself, or she can sign up for
the social trough when and if she thinks it is appropriate.
She will be educated on what it entails and how it works.
She may have to learn to drive without a driver’s license.
She may have to learn to save for health expenses.
She may have a more difficult life than many people, but she will have an
opportunity of freedom that most people in