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sms 1y ago

If #liberty and #privacy are important to you, avoid visiting the #Philippines!

They’ve implemented a truly #Orwellian database for tracking visitors and #Filipinos.

The only #abuse yet missing is universal fingerprinting (including children), which some neighbouring prison camps have implemented. (#Singapore, #Thailand)

Had to register in it on my last business trip to #PH for a while. Any #investment plans i had in #PH are cancelled due to massive amount of direct and indirect looting (aka #taxes), systemic, cultural croniism as the main business model, and severe #gangsterment incompetence.

This new visitor abuse - brainwashed as “promoting ease of doing business 🤡 and efficient delivery of government services” - is the final straw!

To prove to yourself, visit: https://etravel.gov.ph/authentication

#AnimalFarm #ForYourSafety #ClownWorld

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a710052c... 1y ago

Have you been to EU? 😄

Have you applied for US visa?

🙄

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sms 1y ago

No, fortunately, i don’t plan to ever visit either one again, if i can avoid it.

#EU #USA #UK #Australia #PrisonPlanet

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Jacob 1y ago

Both liberty and privacy are *very* important to me. And I agree there are some very stupid political things here in the #Philippines. For example, mandatory ID for SIM registration is just plain stupid and pointless... Import duties and protectionism is also very negative...

But despite all this, generally speaking, life in the Philippines feels a lot more exciting, free and fluid than western countries.

Keep in mind, the population is very young and living within the framework and shadows of political corruption. I have full confidence filipinos will find their way and prosper. True capitalism can be found here, more so than the fake democracy of many western countries.

If someone wants to live, say, in the UK and have their body organs automatically "donated" on death. Or live with fake "free" healthcare, and die from excessive hospital waiting lists. Or extorted with crazy high energy bills. And honestly, the list of failures is huge... then yes, good luck to them.

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sms 1y ago

Just the other day, departing #Philippines, saw a sign I’ve not seen before, that this #etravel abuse is now required for all #Filipinos EVEN FOR DEPARTURES! 🕵️‍♀️🤡👮‍♀️

Their owners are having the #lemmings run the mass surveillance on themselves, as usual all at the expense in time and money of the livestock!

Was on #Boracay - so called “Bitcoin Island”: tor seemed blocked on Smart cell network (PLDT originally created by government edict), unless sent through VPN!

(In general, Boracay is not an expensive place, but relatively rather low-grade in everything, even at 4-star level. Considered by Filipinos to be one of their premier resort areas.👎)

In #Ayala Property Management Company (many such) residential building in #BGC (Taguig), forced to sign in and out of the building any time going outside.

First staff to greet me at a 4-star hotel was a bloke with a drug dog!

Every shopping centre had these outrageous guards at the doors, actually making visitors open their bags to see what’s inside - an abusive security circus that actually steals a lot of time and productivity in aggregate. Some scan bags, like at the airport - Newport Mall, for example.

Bag scanning machines and metal detectors at many MRT stations.

Of the territories i visit, i think the #Phils has become the most annoying and the most routinely, insidiously abusive in this aspect.

That’s just what I noticed. They were even cited by #Kitco by name on a related #orwellian policy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApFXkLZ9o3A

Don’t recommend any #liberty aficionados feed such a system money by visiting, if avoidable. There are much better #tropical places to vacation.

#AnimalFarm #1984 #Orwell #vacation #not4me