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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing banks to collect citizenship data (www.cnbc.com)
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[โ€“] TrippinMallard@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Surveillance.

There's nothing more dangerous than someone with nothing to lose. Mass surveillance and authoritarianism is their hope to contain the population they're about to fuck over even more.

[โ€“] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Forgive me, but I don't see the connection between these things. Please elaborate?