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Digital IDs and Blacklists: America’s Road to a 2030 Surveillance Dystopia

Posted by: An American Patriot, September 27, 2025

As an American, I’m watching a global cage being built, and the US is next in line. The UK is rolling out its “BritCard” digital ID, China is using blacklists and social credit measures to control dissenters, and countries like Australia and India are pushing digital identities. By 2030, if the global elites—Big Tech, the World Economic Forum, and compliant governments—get their way, America could descend into a surveillance state where your smartphone, or a device they force on you, controls every step. Need to leave your neighborhood? Scan your digital ID. Ride an elevator? Swipe your app. Unlock your house or board a train? No device, no access. Speak out against the powerful? You’re blacklisted—just like in China, where critics can be barred from basic services. This is the dystopian future we’re hurtling toward, and we need to fight it now.

The UK’s “BritCard”: First Lock on the Cage

The UK government is proposing a mandatory digital identity system, often dubbed the BritCard, which would be used for verifying immigration status and the “Right to Work.” Read reporting on the plan from Sky News: news.sky.com.

Key details / concerns:

• The UK already plans a GOV.UK Wallet app to let citizens store government-issued documents (like a driving licence) on their phone. See the GOV.UK Wallet page: gov.uk.
• As currently described, physical IDs (e.g. passports, paper or card driving licences) would remain valid for now. (gov.uk.)
• Critics warn that while the rollout is marketed as “optional” or “consensual,” the language around “mandatory digital ID for Right to Work checks” suggests it could become coercive. See related Sky News coverage: news.sky.com.
• The original “BritCard” concept was advanced in a report by the think tank Labour Together: labourtogether.uk.
• The government has launched inquiries and consultations about digital ID systems. Example: UK Parliament/Home Affairs Committee inquiries: committees.parliament.uk.

Caution: The “BritCard” is still a proposal, not yet law. The timeline, legal mandates, enforcement mechanisms, and privacy safeguards are unsettled.

China’s Blacklists: A Warning of What’s Coming

China’s “social credit” framework (often simplified or sensationalized in Western media) involves blacklists and whitelists managed at various levels—some by courts, others by local governments or agencies. Background: Wikipedia — Social Credit System.

For instance:

• In 2017, a Chinese lawyer was barred from buying a plane ticket because he was placed on a public “judgment defaulter” blacklist. Reporting and analysis can be found at Human Rights Watch: hrw.org.
• The system is uneven and not monolithic. Many reports emphasize that the idea of a single, all-powerful social credit “score” is overblown or misrepresented. See the Wikipedia overview: en.wikipedia.org.
• That said, local blacklists tied to compliance or court orders do function, and people tied to these lists may face restrictions (e.g., travel or financial access).

The Chinese example warns us, but the reality is more complex and less uniform than some dystopian portrayals.

America by 2030: A Surveillance Nightmare?

The U.S. is not immune to such trends. Consider:

• The Department of Homeland Security already uses identity verification systems, and the REAL ID Act strengthens ID requirements in important ways.
• Various states (e.g., California, New York) are testing or planning mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) or digital identity credentials.
• The World Economic Forum and other global institutions promote “digital identity ecosystems.”
• Big Tech firms are well positioned to provide infrastructure (apps, verification platforms, biometric services).

If left unchecked, the vision laid out here—a society where every gate, elevator, train, door, and job requires a device scan—could become feasible. Dissenters could have their IDs flagged and access denied. Digital blacklists could be enforced without transparency or recourse. The poorest or technologically marginalized may be coerced into “government phones” or mandatory apps.

How to Fight Back

We’re not powerless. The closer we get to 2030, the more pressure we have to act:

1. Raise awareness. Use social media to expose the risks. Cite trustworthy sources (e.g., FT, NPR, Guardian, academic papers).
2. Demand safeguards in law. Push for legislation that protects physical ID options, bans facial recognition or behavior-based blacklists, ensures transparency, appeals, audits, and decentralization.
3. Opt out where possible. Use cash, analog tools, privacy-centered tech, and support businesses that don’t force app login or identity checks.
4. Watch pilots closely. When states or agencies test mDLs, digital wallets, or tracking systems, press them publicly—demand oversight, opt-out, or rollback powers.
5. Organize. Civil liberties groups, state-level reformers, and activist networks can coordinate pushback against mandates or deployments.

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