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