This week science fiction writer Elizabeth Moon argues that everyone should be given a barcode at birth.
“If I were empress of the Universe I would insist on every individual having a unique ID permanently attached – a barcode if you will; an implanted chip to provide an easy, fast inexpensive way to identify individuals.
It would be imprinted on everyone at birth. Point the scanner at someone and there it is.
Having such a unique barcode would have many advantages. In war soldiers could easily differentiate legitimate targets in a population from non combatants.
This could prevent mistakes in identity, mistakes that result in the deaths of innocent bystanders. Weapons systems would record the code of the use, identifying how fired which shot and leading to more accountability in the field.
Anonymity would be impossible as would mistaken identity making it easier to place responsibility accurately, not only in war but also in non-combat situations far from the war.”
In other words, she is looking for a way to design weapons systems which can identify individual civilians. i.e a quick way to eliminate the tea party or other enemies of dear leader.
Elizabeth also likes to write about global warming
Global Warming & Human Survival
Discussions of global warming center on two basic issues: is the climate warming up, and what will that mean for the several billion humans on this planet? For those who agree that the climate is warming, the next questions are Why? And What can we do about it?
By all the good, solid, scientific evidence, the global mean temperature is in fact rising. Even staunch opponents of the global warming hypothesis are finally facing the facts and admitting that yes, the planet’s climate is warming up. Those who do not want to attempt any intervention to slow or stop the warming are now saying “Well, the planet used to be warmer…the global mean temperature throughout the planet’s history was higher…so higher is normal.”
Normal does not equal desirable. Or even survivable. “Normal warmness” did not sustain a human population over 2 billion.
Elizabeth stole this idea from the Nazis, though it should be noted that the Nazis only killed five million people, whereas she wants to eliminate five billion.
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h/t to hauntingthelibrary





