Issue 666 or dillema 666 is a possible scenario for your nation in NationStates. It was written by Minoa and edited by Candlewhisper Archive.
Issue description[]
A Microchip On Your Shoulder
Contactless payment, internet banking and robust consumer credit mechanisms are already making shopping easier than any time in history. However, a technology think tank is proposing that you could stimulate the economy by going one step further, with universal subcutaneous microchips linked to a national @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Identity Database.
Possible options[]
- Option 1
@@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Tenhorn, head of the think tank, is enthusiastic. “No need for wallets or purses any more: just walk out with the goods, and your credit account is updated! Also, you could link medical data, GPS-tracking, biometrics data... the benefits are legion! I mean, we’re not talking a barcode under your left eye or anything mad like that, just an unobtrusive digital implant, anywhere on the body. Oh brave new world, that has such gadgets in it!”
- Option 2
“We must reject the @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Identity Database!” raves @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ Apollyon, leader of the @@NAME@@ Resistance Against the Identity Database (@@NAMEINITIALS@@-RAID) campaign group. “In the name of ‘national security’, law-abiding citizens will end up being forced to lose their privacy. The right to use cash and hard currency is vital to protecting our rights to avoid taxat... uh... to avoid Orwellian monitoring!”
- Option 3
“That’s not enough!” screams conspiracy theorist Jonty Apostle, adjusting his tinfoil hat to keep radio waves out of his brain. “Do you know how many databases there are out there gathering intelligence on us all? Credit reports, search engine histories, e-mail archives, medical records, criminal records, driving licences... All these little revelations, and you still think it’s crazy when I say that we’re always being watched? @@LEADER@@, give people back their freedom! Ban government and corporations from tracking our data in any way!”
- Option 4
“Look, we want to keep tabs on our population, but do we really need to deal with all this outrage?” muses Lucy Fir, a promising junior delegate from the Ministry of Creative Solutions. “Why not secretly implant the microchips (in newborn babies during routine postnatal checks and in adults during dental work/while people are still in the birthing vats)? Sure, people won’t be able to shop with a chip that they don’t know is there, but in terms of national security and crime prevention, secret surveillance is far more effective than open monitoring.”