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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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Once again stolen medical records are being used for state oppression. In WWII, the Netherlands suffered 75% of their Jewish population killed - the highest of any country even Germany - because the invading Nazis made a beeline for the medical records archive where the government kept a meticulous track of all Dutch citizens. I never volunteer race or ethnicity on any such forms - there is no medical benefit, it can only come back to hurt you.
Close, but it wasn't medical records but Population registration, a sort of census on steroids which kept meticulous details on every citizen in The Netherlands.
Oh right, the Nazis will come for the 2020 Census data next.
This is the modern day mantra of data. If it isn't fundamentally required, then don't give it. There's no "just 'cause" when it comes to collecting info. And once info is given, you have zero control over it, no matter how many pinky promises or guarantees of governance are given, it's immediately out of your control.
...when people become a numbered commodity...