033 - Black Mirror - Is The UK's Surveillance State Coming To America? The Lockdown

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033 - Black Mirror - Is the UK's Surveillance State Coming to America?

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In this episode, I share news from my recent trip to the UK, noticing how it seems to have reached the epic proportions of a Black Mirror episode; from the absurd TV licensing program to the new Digital ID Brit cards that will track your behavior. I also explore how the UK may be serving as a testing ground for new levels of behavioral surveillance that could eventually spread globally. I dive into California’s $900 “smart” license plates that track your every move, centralized government digital currencies, and my predictions for the next 20 years of Orwellian surveillance.

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In this week’s episode:

The UK’s TV licensing system: Legal extortion through private contractors
The Reviver R-plate: $900 to track yourself in California and Arizona
Brit Cards: UK’s new “voluntary” Digital ID system
The Bank of England’s digital pound and programmable money
Historical patterns of control: From land ownership to neural interfaces
Why the UK is the blueprint for global surveillance rollout
Predictions for the next 20-50 years of biosurveillance

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Bank of England's Digital Pound - https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/the-digital-pound
Brit Card Digital ID System - https://www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/britcard
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