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UK government vote to go ahead with disability cuts (www.bigissue.com)
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[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In germany they are starting to track disabled people btw. Not giving me the creeps at all. /s

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago

USA too. A bunch of whities going to be in those fields with our browner siblings.

[–] DisabledAceSocialist@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Track them how?

[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

There's a new law which is supposed to come. Something about registers. It creeped me out so hard I didnt read all of it. Wife said they are starting with addicts who wer stationary "for their own benefit". Well, that worked great in the past.

[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago

In addition to wanting a list of people with "disabilities," the government and health insurance companies are also pushing for centralized medical records, which are accessible by the government, insurance, and whoever they decide to sell the data to.