What makes me , me
A little bit about me and my rich family history
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Paul's unique family history
My grandparents came from opposite sides of WW2. A teenaged girl, who saw her country’s tanks roll into Poland, and a young leader in the Royal Signals, who narrowly escaped Dunkirk.
Both family’s men held rank in opposing armies, distinguished with acts of bravery. Yet British and German people shared a common foe. They suffered under the tools of tyrants whose war is with humanity itself.
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How that shapes my world view
Meeting in occupied Germany, my grandparents had every reason to hate. Instead, they fell in love and built a lasting marriage based on trust. Trust is the fundamental currency of human relationships. It is based on character rather than identity card.
By teaching each other their mother tongues, my grandparents together realized the true nature of Hitler’s most powerful weapon. It wasn’t what you think.
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Why we should be concerned
The Nazi population registry was an inescapable human stocktake performed by a government that considered citizens its property. The atrocities of the time were only possible once everyone had been dehumanized, reduced to numbers on ID cards.
Today’s centralized Digital ID and surveillance systems are the new face of the same beast. Promising illusory benefits, they consolidate too much power, ripe for any future tyrant to abuse.
Citizen One
The Book
My latest book release addressing the historical lessons of government overreach we should have learned, but haven’t.
