Secretly, quietly, the Orwellization of the Republic is progressing: Private account data is centrally linked to tax data. The tax ID becomes a personal code. People are numbered.
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Heribert Prantl
Democracy is the opposite of secrecy. It thrives on transparency, it thrives on discussion, it thrives on pros and cons, it thrives on the fact that things that affect everyone can and are discussed by everyone. Sometimes the argument is so big, so long and so loud that it gets on your nerves. But that’s part of it. And what has been annoying for some for a long time is far from over for others. It is all the more astonishing that there are topics that are incredibly important but just don’t make it onto the big stage. This includes the introduction of a general personal identifier for every person in the country, i.e. the numbering of the population. It is about the full digital registration of citizens by the state.