We all knew this was the goal. Some here even on FR would have no problem with this.
It’s going to be incrementalism. All the way to Revelation 13.
The argument will be “THIS IS NOT THE MARK OF THE BEAST”.
And they’ll be correct. It isn’t. Not YET.
It’s just one more step along the way.
There will be no place to hide, eventually, no way to work and earn an income and no way to buy nor sell.
In many ways, that’s already implemented to a heavy degree.