- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
- hackernews
- cross-posted to:
- nottheonion@lemmy.world
- hackernews
Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn’t even work as a national ID.
But that’s what the federal government has accomplished with the REAL ID, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now considers unreliable, even though getting one requires providing proof of citizenship or lawful status in the country.
In a December 11 court filing, Philip Lavoie, the acting assistant special agent in charge of DHS’ Mobile, Alabama, office, stated that, “REAL ID can be unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship.”
“just one more flaming hoop, we promise!”
At least as long as there’s flaming hoops, they’re still expecting people to be able to jump.
It doesn’t work like that.
We’re not supposed to be able to jump through the flaming hoops.
They’re too far apart, too narrow, they keep moving, and we’re forced to wear a blindfold.
We’re supposed to get burnt.
Meanwhile, “the right kind of people” don’t have to jump through the hoops, and laugh while watching us burn, without realising that the definition of “right kind of people” keeps getting more and more narrow, and that soon it might be them getting broiled on the hoops.