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The Actons of Lichfield: Bloodline or Brand
In 18th-century Lichfield, the parish registers are filled with children named Acton. Some were born to women named Mary or Sarah — others to mothers who appear once, then vanish. Most of the fathers are missing. The children themselves rarely reappear in later records. No marriages. No deaths. No land. Just baptisms. So who were…
Citizen Erased (Part VIII) – What Freedom Looks Like Now
Freedom isn’t found in paperless systems or platform compliance. After centuries of recordkeeping, throughput, and control, real freedom is outside the grid.
Citizen Erased (Part VII) – From Parish Register to Digital ID – A Timeline of Control
From baptismal books to biometric databases, recordkeeping has evolved in form but not in function—its goal has always been to monitor, manage, and mould populations.
Citizen Erased (Part VI) – Agenda 2030 & the Great Reset – The Return to Serfdom?
After a brief postwar break from the cycle of control, modern governance is returning populations to digital dependency, framed as sustainability and equity.
Citizen Erased (Part V) – Baby Boomer Divergence
The postwar generation broke the cycle of throughput and became owners. But they weren’t the norm—they were the exception, and the system is closing behind them.
Citizen Erased (Part IV) – Immigration & the Maintenance of Throughput
Industrial cities didn’t just use immigration—they required it. London’s growth depended on a constant inflow of new labor to keep the urban throughput machine running.
Citizen Erased (Part III) – The Urban Throughput Machine
Industrial cities like 19th-century London didn’t just grow—they were engineered to extract labor, circulate populations, and centralize wealth. The working class wasn’t rising—they were flowing.
Citizen Erased (Part II) – Recordkeeping as Population Control
From parish ledgers to biometric IDs, recordkeeping has always served institutional power—not remembrance. It counts people not for who they are, but for what they’re for.
Citizen Erased (Part I) – Whose Ancestors Get Remembered?
Genealogy shows how class shapes whose ancestors are remembered. From church records to digital ID, recordkeeping reflects systems of control.