What other formal mechanisms exist around the world like global entry, that lower the default burden of interfacing with the state in exchange for money and/or lowered privacy?
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One I recall from when I got my first passport in India: an ECNR stamp, for “emigration clearance not required” — waiving default protection mechanism designed to protect low-education migrant Indian workers in the Middle East where they’re vulnerable to exploitation
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I have very weak preferences when it comes to privacy. I’d accept 10x more surveillance if it meant 1/10th government paperwork.
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Freeports, which are essentially stateless mini storage for hoarding art and whatever.
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A very weak version, at the state level, is buying an RFID box to pay tolls when you drive across bridges or on toll highways.


