Went to the DMV last week and am still trying to process what I saw; what I heard and what I experienced. I Just wanted to renew my license for another 4 years.
When I walked in the Brand New Municipal building, it was guarded by 6 heavily armed guards, some with various armor. NEVER have I seen such security in a place that collected taxes and issued license. In the past, I went to the mall and stood in line until my turn and paid 24.00 for a renewal.
As I walked thru security a robot greeted me with a kiosk screen. The screen was filled with a dozen or more of transactions, I enter my request and it spit out a alph-number.
The place was packed in the middle of the day. I sat down and listened to the computer generated voice over the speaker system that was calling out a myraid of numbers at a dizzying pace. Larger computer screens were mounted all around the gym size room.
Once my number was called I wondered thru the maze of numbered locations and found a worker behind bullet proof glass. She ask for my license thru a tiny slot precisely routed into the glass.
It was a very hot day and they must have been trying to save on electricity. It was probably 80 degrees in there. I tried to look around at the vast "cattle herding" facility when she abruptly stated that my license has been flagged by a background check and I had to leave the facility and go to another facility to find out why. Sigh.
I found the run down one story facility called DMV legal. It was old and dirty and the people that were there looked homeless, unkept, and on drugs. And it had a horrible vomit smell.
As I walked in, it was tiny and everyone was separated 6 feet apart, it was full. If there was no room left then we had to stand outside, IN THE HEAT, Not separated and wait to be called. No numbers were issued. This was for our safety. Even pregnant women had to endure long wait times standing in line outside in the heat of the day. The government official that was herding the people was indifferent. My blood was boiling at the "tax dollars in action"...... how in the hell did it get this way in my Red state?
After 1 hour I was called inside to take a seat. After 45 minutes I was called to talk to an agent. Boy oh boy, I couldn't believe my ears. When I was 18 I had a fender bender. I am now 65. For some reason the state sent a summons to my childhood home and ask if there were any injuries. I didn't live at home, I was in the military. My parents were in the middle of a divorce and I never received the state paperwork to clear up the issued (whatever it was). So my license has been revoked in my home state for 45 years. In order to clear it up, I have to get an affidavit from the driver I hit to prove he as not injured. Long story short, I found him after weeks of missing work to look for him. He is 90. He gave me an signed affidavit. I finally went back to give the DMV my paperwork, and they now wanted 40.00 for a license. 4 yrs ago it was 24.00. As I paid and received my license, the agent recognized me, I had helped him on a car problem. We spoke for alittle while and he confided in me that the DMV is now federal in every since. Every state is now connected to a huge database system in preparation for digital IDs and CBDCs. His words not mine, "the DMV is going to be used as a backdoor to implement the digital agenda" and no one will fight it.
Nothing can stop what is coming. We are falling off the cliff of tyranny, we just don't know it.
I believe this still shaking my head in disbelief.