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  Blending Reality: The WEF Calls For Creation Of Metaverse Identity In Latest Push For Digital Dystopia Derrick Broze The latest report from the World Economic Forum outlines a vision of the blending of the physical world with the virtual metaverse dystopia, and claims digital identity is a necessary step in this direction. On March 12, the World Economic Forum released a new report titled,  Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Reality  which is ostensibly aimed at exploring the apparent need for a “metaverse identity”. The document, written in partnership with corporate firm  Accenture , calls for “collaborative, interdisciplinary strategy to navigate identity challenges”. The metaverse is a term that is commonly meant to describe the future of the internet, where digital and physical worlds intersect. “The metaverse, poised to redefine the internet, intertwines the digital and physical, emphasizing the pivotal role of “identity” in shaping immersive, human-centric expe

  Manufacturing Consent: The Border Fiasco and the “Smart Wall” The political response to the crisis at the southern border continues to advance the bipartisan “smart wall,” having been backed by Trump and Biden alike. This bipartisan consensus reaches far beyond the US, as much of the world is similarly speeding along in implementing “digital borders.” BY WHITNEY WEBB The disastrous situation at the US-Mexico border is, and has been, intentionally produced. Throughout the last several administrations, regardless of campaign and other public rhetoric, the porous nature of the border has remained unresolved. On several occasions, the situation as it has developed has been blamed largely on incompetence and government inefficiency. Though some administrations have been tougher than others in regards to terrestrial migration (under some metrics), the US-Mexico border has not been sealed off so to force entrants to cross through officially recognized and managed ports of entry. Under the c