ok weird thing covid has been like 9/11 and the financial crisis in that it is a massive failure of government but there has been afaict zero attempt to create new shitty bureaucracies in the wake. contrast with DHS and CFPB. whats up with that?
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i think some things have been under the radar, others complicated by the fact that it was an election year but covid has been a big driver towards stronger "digital ID for everything", more use of biometrics as new standardhttps://www.devex.com/news/digital-ids-during-covid-19-how-is-the-debate-changing-98481 …
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an example: during covid, unemployment offices lost... hundreds of billions due to waste/fraud a lot of people across different areas sees 'ID tech' (which dovetails w/ health surveillance) as the potential silver bullethttps://www.yahoo.com/now/some-200-billion-lost-in-fraudulent-unemployment-claims-during-pandemic-expert-211507313.html …
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There was an article or a take earlier about how covid governing through bureaucracy is a lot easier than doing it through Congress. Moratoriums on rent coming from cdc, etc. Troubling trend.
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"governing through bureaucracy is a lot easier than doing it through Congress" yeah this has been true for a while, even aside from Cov it also makes rules more volitile b/c you don't know what'll stick or be dumped by next administration. makes it hard to plan for compliance
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that’s the feature not the bug my dude
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You remember the part where they assumed the power to tell you whether or not your job matters enough for you to be allowed to have it?
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