The mechanism through which this is accomplished
The mechanism through which this is accomplished
The mechanism through which this is accomplished is so common that it is perhaps overlooked. Immediately at birth every human is given a name. Who gives this name? Most likely, his or her parents. But who is it that makes this name possible? It is the state that this human is born into. In other words, the state is the indispensable registry (a ledger, or in contemporary computing terms, a blockchain, see also §08.01.05) for a name, any name, that allows it to function as it is meant to (using, of course, human logic, see §01.00.18), to uniquely identify an individual. Without a state, a name as an identification mechanism is useless: because many may share it, it is unusable outside the strict limits of that human's family (or close circle of people who know him or her from birth). It is the state that warrants a name’s uniqueness and continued existence, so as for it to uniquely define a specific human throughout space and time. In this way this personal information is co-created between the human (his or her parents, acting on his or her behalf) and the state. (Because, however, the part played by parents is arguably the less important in this procedure (they basically select a name from a list, subject to approval by the mechanism that in any event makes this procedure possible), the ‘co-’ part will be removed from the remaining of this analysis, i.e. states create information on their citizens.)
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