As Venezuela goes ("fatherland ID card" ), so goes SHITLER's 'murica

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https://www.businessinsider.com/venezuela-id-card-tracks-citizens-like-china-2018-11

Venezuela is rolling out a new ID card manufactured in China that can track, reward, and punish citizens

.... A 'fatherland card' of their own
But 10 years after the Shenzhen trip, Venezuela is rolling out a new, smart-card ID known as the "carnet de la patria," or "fatherland card."

The ID transmits data about cardholders to computer servers. The card is increasingly linked by the government to subsidized food, health, and other social programs most Venezuelans rely on to survive.

And ZTE, whose role in the fatherland project is detailed here for the first time, is at the heart of the program. ....

Among other measures, ZTE installed data storage units built by US-based Dell Technologies Inc, according to one ZTE document. Dell spokeswoman Lauren Lee said ZTE is a client in China but that Dell doesn't sell equipment to ZTE in Venezuela. She said Dell reviewed its transactions in Venezuela and wasn't aware of any sale to Cantv, either. ....

With personal data now so available, some citizens fear they can lose more than just their jobs, said Mariela Magallanes, an opposition lawmaker who headed a commission that last year investigated how the fatherland card was being linked to the subsidized food program.

The government, the commission said in a report, is depriving some citizens of the food boxes because they don't possess the card. "The government knows exactly who is most vulnerable to pressure," she said.

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[lunasun]

1. I read that it is hard to resist with the economics there . People will take the card for

needed items now requiring the ID but will be tracked for the rest of their life in exchange.
Not a choice as much as it is a form of blackmail.
From afar, one can say resist and don't take the card but gas, medical, and food etc. many must submit
Good link