alt Hacker NewsA national ID system (standard in effectively all European countries) is table stakes for state capacity. I find the RealID opposition baffling.
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axus • yesterday at 11:59 PM
In the US, we like to reduce state capacity. Helps limit the damage bad actors can do when they are in power.
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redsocksfan45 • yesterday at 7:22 PM
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The major European exception being the UK, which doesn't issue identity cards and somehow manages. (Apparently Andorra doesn't either.)
You might consider it part of the Anglosphere mentality as Canada, the US, Australia, the Bahamas, and New Zealand don't have national ID.
I've never understood the problem that RealID is supposed to solve.
How is it TSA can accept a Veteran Health Identification Card or photo identification card issued by a federally recognized tribe, and the passports from every country in the world, but not a state-issued ID which is not REAL ID-compliant?