Peter Thiel's lackeys were behind the federal "Real ID" ruse that has gone nowhere in adoption among Americans.
so instead of trying harder to get a "show your papers" system in place so fascists like him can create systems upon systems of digital slavery (because big data as surveillance is one manifestation of that), Thiel bought himself a POTUS
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How Palantir and Peter Thiel might lead the biggest tech IPO of the year - Vox
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/7/16/21323458/palantir-ipo-hhs-protect-peter-thiel-cia-intelligence