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Originally posted by jfj123
Once again, WHY?
Why would they do this?
What is the endgame for this?
[edit on 7-2-2009 by jfj123]
Originally posted by maus80
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reply to post by jfj123
It's not just accurate counts, it is absolute statistics. There are a huge number of applications and benefits to these sort of statistics.
As far as "they can do this already without chipping anyone", how is that? No law enforcement methods available today are comparable to being able to ticket ticket/serve someone by mail for driving 20 feet down a gravel road while intoxicated, with no witnesses. You aren't thinking of it in absolute terms, these chips reduce everything to binary, 0/1, true/false, no grey area. There is nothing comparable.
Originally posted by lizziejayne
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So we're all chipped. So what? What does that do to help "TPTB" ? Again I ask, what is the endgame ?
IMO it's about total control and ensuring complete compliance.
If a chip permits purchasing and you don't have one, how can you eat and drink;
how do you buy a house or a car. If a chip is the only acceptable form of ID and you don't have one, there's control regarding whether you can work, earn and whether you can travel.
Originally posted by maus80
Originally posted by jfj123
Once again, WHY?
Why would they do this?
What is the endgame for this?
[edit on 7-2-2009 by jfj123]
The endgame is total and absolute control, and the motives are money and power. Why is that so hard to understand?
I'm not sure how anyone will ever again know whether or not they are a "good person", once you know that punishment for being "bad" will be instant and absolute, with yourself being the only required witness.
Originally posted by maus80
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TIVO doesn't compile the kind of statistics I'm talking about here. It can't tell any corporation what percentage of viewership for reruns of Friends are white males age 29, for example.
If it can, then it stands as an example of why this sort of information is extremely desirable. I was just giving one small example, there are a a bazillion, Bunn could even greatly increase profit by compiling statistics on who uses their coffee pots, when, how, and how often...
[edit on 7-2-2009 by maus80]
Originally posted by infolurker
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THE ULTIMATE reason of why they would do this is MONEY!
Think of all the money the company would make. Just like Microsoft, new versions, updates, etc. ect. ect.
But the REAL reason the government would want a chip in every person is in this order... MONEY & PRECISION TRACKING
#1 "no more identity theft" every citizen will be chipped and their identity can never be stolen (so they say)
#2 Tracking - no more child abduction,
Then, criminals can't hide, if your scanned everytime you go into a store, down a road, etc you can't hide... no more crime... houses can have security chip detectors, no more burglary...cars & firearms have chip readers to work, no more gun and car thefts, etc.
Originally posted by maus80
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I'll try not to be too contemptuous if I get the chance to say "I told you so" when it happens...
I'd rather not discuss this anymore, I don't want to have to school you about the drastic difference between a questionnaire sent in by mail and absolute statistics.
I also shouldn't have to school you on why corporations would want this, or where the money would come from. Look at the world around you to see what motivates change and who pays for it.
[edit on 7-2-2009 by maus80]
But why? Total compliance for what reason?
Dig a well. Grow you own food. Hunt.
Let's say 1/3 of the US population says no thanks. Then what? There is no way to enforce compliance.
Originally posted by jfj123
So once again, you're saying that "TPTB" would tear up the Constitution and create a military state to make a few extra bucks?
Originally posted by Make Speed Limit 45
Most health problems are self inflicted. People choose to be smokers or fatties or gay or drunk drivers or speeders or druggies. Just live sensibly and odds are you'll never need a doctor.
Doctors are the biggest bandits in america.
Originally posted by cancerian42
I don't get it, why is getting the chip such a bad thing?
How does getting a tiny RFID chip in your hand hurt you in any foreseeable way?