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In a little town in the Netherlands life was good. The planning committee actually had smart people who made sure to plan the town according to the people’s needs. Kosher butchers, for instance, were placed near Jewish community centers. They could do that because the town had kept records on who lived where, including the people’s religion. It really was a utopia.

Then the nazis invaded, got their hands on those registries, and with utmost efficiency cleared the town of all jews.

I don’t know if this story is true. I read it (probably much better worded) a few years ago. But it honestly doesn’t matter if it’s true.

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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

But it honestly doesn’t matter if it’s true.

It’s plausible and that’s enough.

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- TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The point is whether or not it happens, as a parable it’s validity is sound. Point is, if even if the current government has nothing but good intentions and would never use the information to do anything you don’t agree with, and you are in perfect agreement with the current government. There is always the risk of either the government changing or someone stealing the information from the government that could weaponize it in ways you would never want.
  
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  - deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    100%.
    
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arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
And today Germany still makes you register your religion. You’d think they would have learned…

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- bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  You can clear your denomination from your file. I don’t know if it survives in a changelog, though.
  
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