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Before I start my little rant, I want to speak to the liberals in the wall. I am not, nor have I ever been, a sovcit. Anarchists and sovcits share a resentment for these documents, but that's where the resemblance ends.

I'm a prominent union organizer within my industry (tech) and was recently extended the offer to travel to California to represent my union at a conference next month. I love going to union conferences, so of course I accepted. That's when I remembered that my passport is expired by a couple years, and I further realized that I don't have a real id. So now I need to get a new passport.

I decided that I want a passport card along with my book, because a card would be easier to carry for this conference. This shit is expensive! $130 for renewal, $30 for the card, and $60 for the expedited processing. $220 total. I fucking hate that I need to register with the government to travel. I fucking hate that I need to surrender my privacy to this fascist regime. I fucking hate that my only option for fast travel is by plane. I fucking hate borders.

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[–] gid@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah each day I grow more confident that borders, nation states and governments are a scam.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

They really are.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

Nonsense, you can clearly see them from space.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Humans need movement to survive.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

i can only agree

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just realized that expedited processing DOES NOT include expedited shipping, so that's additional $22.05. The government can fuck all the way off

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know you need it asap, but the shipping part would probably be only a few days difference. The processing is what takes forever.

I honestly thought this post would be about whose face might appear on the passport, but the real concern is also a problem.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the advice, this is my first renewal. The courthouse folks are pretty helpful where I am, so I'll ask for their opinion.

I mean I also hate that I'm going to have to look at that fascist's face for the next 10 years, but that's the smallest part of my complaint lol

[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep!

Also having to hand over biometric data like finger prints...

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Yea, their data collection is creepy as fuck

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If we don’t have imaginary lines in the dirt how will we know who to bomb? /s

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're absolutely right, my bad. Bombing children is foundational to human existence, I forgot

That sounds like antifa talk. You aren't a child standing on a secret oil mine in need of bombing, are you?

[–] erin@quokk.au 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i fucking have pointless gender markers in documents and whole documents shit
eg in medical there should be just a main hormone estradiol/testosterone because they giving a lot of difference in bloodtests, and some medications metabolize differently(tested on myself)

eg the most painful is medical gender marker, because doctors can fuck brain even on non hormone related blood results eg for hemaglobin which is different on estrogens or prescribe medication at wrong dose and im need to research a lot before taking anything(but this applies to anyone, do not randomly swallow prescribed medication especially from psychiatrists)

and how the fuck digital centralized medical database exist, ANY DUMBSHIT can look a history of my appointments, documents etc, I HATE THIS, when it comes to private care, i still need sign a proccessing personal data, and some private care thing doesnt use it in a good way, hell hell hell, public healthcare database is worst because can be controlled by govr, eg recently russian govr organs got complete access to psychiatric database

govrenments/capitalists always use IT technologies in a wrong way

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Absolutely agree, the only context where anything even remotely associated with gender should be on official documents is medical, and hormone is more important in that situation than sex assignment anyway. Medical biobanks will remain a point of stigmatism until we abolish the state.

[–] erin@quokk.au 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

plus there non binary and intersex ppl too, the med docs only should have hormone to get proper medical care, age but not date of birth is do nothing, but there are a loot different values between age in bloodwork etc etc

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Them: What’s your gender?

Me: e s t r o g e n UwU

[–] erin@quokk.au 2 points 1 week ago

real, there also non binary hormones SERMs such as raloxifene lasofoxifene which, agonist to some estrogen receptors but antagonist for breast tissue receptors

  • whats your name?
  • estrogenie
[–] Ophrys@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Tbh I resent almost any paperwork with a passion

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

In the past even the police didnt know your address.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There will be a time in the not too distant future where the U.S. government moves to lock down it's populace to prevent the flight of people (brain drain) and capital. Now is the time to get out if you can.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm relatively privileged as a working class person. Queer, but fly under the radar. White, amab and masc presenting, etc. I agree that everyone at risk should flee, but I choose to fight against fascism where I am.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Whish you good luck. Solidarity from europe

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hate those things too. And that passports these days are loaded with toxic tracking tech.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd love to know more about this. What are some of the modern tracking techniques with passports?

I think they have some kind of rfid chip in them, but beyond that I have heard nothing