Before I start my little rant, I want to speak to the liberals in the wall. I am not, nor have I ever been, a sovcit. Anarchists and sovcits share a resentment for these documents, but that’s where the resemblance ends.
I’m a prominent union organizer within my industry (tech) and was recently extended the offer to travel to California to represent my union at a conference next month. I love going to union conferences, so of course I accepted. That’s when I remembered that my passport is expired by a couple years, and I further realized that I don’t have a real id. So now I need to get a new passport.
I decided that I want a passport card along with my book, because a card would be easier to carry for this conference. This shit is expensive! $130 for renewal, $30 for the card, and $60 for the expedited processing. $220 total. I fucking hate that I need to register with the government to travel. I fucking hate that I need to surrender my privacy to this fascist regime. I fucking hate that my only option for fast travel is by plane. I fucking hate borders.
Yeah each day I grow more confident that borders, nation states and governments are a scam.
They really are.
Humans need movement to survive.
Nonsense, you can clearly see them from space.
i can only agree
I just realized that expedited processing DOES NOT include expedited shipping, so that’s additional $22.05. The government can fuck all the way off
I know you need it asap, but the shipping part would probably be only a few days difference. The processing is what takes forever.
I honestly thought this post would be about whose face might appear on the passport, but the real concern is also a problem.
Thanks for the advice, this is my first renewal. The courthouse folks are pretty helpful where I am, so I’ll ask for their opinion.
I mean I also hate that I’m going to have to look at that fascist’s face for the next 10 years, but that’s the smallest part of my complaint lol
Yep!
Also having to hand over biometric data like finger prints…
Yea, their data collection is creepy as fuck
If we don’t have imaginary lines in the dirt how will we know who to bomb? /s
You’re absolutely right, my bad. Bombing children is foundational to human existence, I forgot
That sounds like antifa talk. You aren’t a child standing on a secret oil mine in need of bombing, are you?
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Absolutely agree, the only context where anything even remotely associated with gender should be on official documents is medical, and hormone is more important in that situation than sex assignment anyway. Medical biobanks will remain a point of stigmatism until we abolish the state.
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Them: What’s your gender?
Me: e s t r o g e n UwU
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Tbh I resent almost any paperwork with a passion
There will be a time in the not too distant future where the U.S. government moves to lock down it’s populace to prevent the flight of people (brain drain) and capital. Now is the time to get out if you can.
I’m relatively privileged as a working class person. Queer, but fly under the radar. White, amab and masc presenting, etc. I agree that everyone at risk should flee, but I choose to fight against fascism where I am.
Whish you good luck. Solidarity from europe
I hate those things too. And that passports these days are loaded with toxic tracking tech.
I’d love to know more about this. What are some of the modern tracking techniques with passports?
I think they have some kind of rfid chip in them, but beyond that I have heard nothing
In the past even the police didnt know your address.
