For example, the Switch 2 is $449.99 but if you add sales tax it comes to $479.24, but you can import the same thing from JPN that’s only ¥49,980 if you exclude shipping costs or proxy fees. Even if you’ve paid less for the same product, does that alone void sales tax just because its from overseas? However they may look at the customs value upon entry into the border of an item that’s ¥49,980. (now taxes upon entering, why?)

So, even if the raw conversion is $307 tax free would the sales tax be rebranded as an import duty (as in customs will hold the item hostage until you pay duties?) Usually, items below 800 USD in customs value are not subjected to further taxation (edit: it has been voided and revised) but even then, does that rule out sales tax imposed by the state the recipient lives in for the sake of saving $172 for the console and avoiding 6.25% ST?

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There’s a difference between government mandated surveillance (i.e. CCP / NSA) versus tech corp surveillance (i.e. Palantir), as one is “official” meaning it’s regulated at a federal level by a nation’s government enforced by police and the judiciary who have legal power to detain and charge while the other (“unofficial”) is in the hands of a private company specialized in data collection but have no legal authority to detain people as Palantir isn’t the police.

The “official” level is enacted by federal governments or those in charge such as the president or prime minister (i.e. using “-16 social media ban” as a facade) by enforcing age verification (via facial scans and digital ID) on websites towards the average person (they use a VPN anyway for circumvention) or speaking about the NSA doing that covertly (Snowden put a light on it) and digital ID’s are regulated by a nation’s government.

The “unofficial” level is by a private tech giant who at their own discretion can harvest data of an individual, but they do not have legislative powers to detain that person since they are not law enforcement as mentioned. They can only spy on the subject but can’t intervene from a legal standpoint even if they sense or spot something criminal or they are covertly harvesting data from that person which is prone to being stolen by hackers.

There are examples I’ve seen but not are all obvious unless you knew beforehand:

• Richard Dreyfuss in The Graduate (starring Dustin Hoffman) as “boarding house resident” (uncredited)
• John Krasinski in State and Main (starring William H. Macy) as “caddy / judge’s assistant” (uncredited)
• Bruce Willis in The Verdict (starring Paul Newman) as “courtroom observer” (uncredited)
• Channing Tatum in War of the Worlds (starring Tom Cruise) as “boy at church” (uncredited)
• Brad Pitt in No Way Out (starring Kevin Costner) as “party guest” (uncredited)
• Sylvester Stallone in Klute (starring Jane Fonda) as “disco dancer” (uncredited)
• Jeff Goldblum in Death Wish (starring Charles Bronson) as “freak #1” (uncredited)
• Vin Diesel in Awakenings (starring Robin Williams) as “hospital porter” (uncredited)
• Gerard Butler in Tomorrow Never Dies (starring Pierce Brosnan) as “crewman” (uncredited)
• Megan Fox in Bad Boys II (starring Martin Lawrence) as “dancer in club” (uncredited)

I mean, have you seen a movie where an actor you recognize began their career as a extra before they were stars?

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Official IDs (driver’s license, passport, government passes) etc. serve a purpose if the individual listed on it is physically around (as in living) but what happens is that fraudsters have a party over dead people’s ID as they know no one snitches by being reported stolen. It’s up to the deceased person’s relatives to rescind the validity of their ID by proving to any agency that individual is dead (evidence such as death certificate or an obituary).

That’s only speaking of normal forms of ID, but what about digital ID? which serves zero purpose if the person on it is dead anyway. They could rescind the validity of the digital ID by putting a watermark “DECEASED” along with turning the colored image into black and white and adding date of death below date of birth after the next of kin proves the person whom ID belonged to has died to prevent fraudulent use and identity theft.