Hmm IBM teaming up with the ruling tyranny to help monitor their...

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    Hmm IBM teaming up with the ruling tyranny to help monitor their slaves? Kinda sounds familiar somehow?

    Oh yeah!

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/ibm-nazis-ww2

    "It’s a disgrace to history to ignore the power that technology has in facilitating acts of evil — and IBM’s work with the Nazis serves as a prime example of that facilitation. Beyond questions of morality, the Holocaust presented a number of logistical hurdles to the Nazis, and IBM offered them a perfectly legal solution. Indeed, during the mid-20th century, the software company’s punched-card technology helped the Nazis carry out the genocide of millions. What HappenedFirst, it’s important to note that the Holocaust was at its core a highly organized and bureaucratic act, one planned to the T. Thus the Führer’s Final Solution would take place in six phases: identify those of Jewish descent; exclude them from society; confiscate their property; move them into ghettos; deport them, and exterminate them. The first step toward achieving such a vision involved figuring out just how many people the Nazis needed to round up — in other words, conducting a census. Most advanced governments at the time used punched-card technology to do that, which is why IBM exists today."


    So replace 'punchcard' with 'health pass' and 'Jew' with 'anti-vaxxer' and you can see where this is heading. Oh well, I'm sure IBM can put their previous experience to good use.
 
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