Growing up Under Communism – National ID Card

There is much talk in this country about a national ID card to be used by government entities, to manage various programs, including illegal immigration, health care, criminals, and so on. I am dismayed how naïve people supporting this concept are, and for a good reason. They have not witnessed the potential misuse, especially when the government has too much power.

As soon as the communists took hold of power, what do you think the first thing they did? They implemented a mandatory national ID card. The communists believed in the concept of building a new society for the People. People to them were the poor, oppressed and the trodden.

The communist motto states: If You Are Not With Me, You Are My Enemy.

Therefore, you must be marginalized or destroyed. This was the essence of the ID card. The communist government wants to know its enemy, where the enemy lives, and most importantly, marginalize the enemy by controlling its movements. Guess who the potential enemy is? You the individual are the potential enemy!

This is the same concept our government uses today to screen all the airline boarding passengers.

The ID card was adopted by Stalin in the Soviet Union and copied by all the Eastern European Countries, once under Soviet / Communist control.

In a nutshell, the ID card did not use something equivalent with Social Security number. It did not have to. It was a very simple card, like a small passport. It had the name, date of birth and most importantly, the residence address.

The communists declared all cities: Closed City arbitrarily. This government decree required an official approval for anyone trying to relocate from one town to another, even while changing jobs. In fact, changing jobs had to be approved by the government since it owned the enterprises providing the jobs. Every individual was a government employee whether you worked for a bakery, chocolate factory or for the army.

When you traveled and spend the night in a different city it was mandatory to go to the police station in person and report where you were staying that night, even if you stayed with relatives or friends. The hotels handled that for you. There were police street blocks at night inspecting the ID cards. If not in compliance, you were taken to the police station and interrogated.

Stalin used the ID card to the fullest. He conscripted educated managers, engineers, doctors, and sent them to the non-Russian speaking nations hoping to annihilate and control the local cultures and its people. Think Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan even Ukraine. They were forced to live in these places for at least five years. They could not quit and leave, because the ID card would not allow them to apply for another job in a different city or even town. The government had full control of each and all individuals even in a large country like Soviet Union.

Presently, Tr Cojoc is retired in California and he is advising clients in financial matters, on how to preserve capital as well as high risk investment strategies such as trading foreign currency or FOREX.

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