I was talking to my sister about this today, and it's amazing how quickly history lessons are forgotten.
You could have someone show up on Earth for the very first time today, and show them the registration notice. They might say "hmm... some kind of census, weird you have to pay a fee though.."
Then you give them a computer and 20 minutes on Wikipedia. They would immediately come to the conclusion of "Dear lord that is a horrible idea! Stop them immediately!"
Yet people who grew up in regions where this history all took place, and some of them were even alive for it, yet here we are. So brutal.
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