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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
My point is - why would you try to keep people in a political state if they peacefully decide to opt out? Loss of control over people? After all, in the final analysis, I.D. cards are all about control of people...
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I disagree. ID cards are all about identifying yourself, to make sure you are accorded the rights to which you are guaranteed by your government (or whoever assigned you the card). Or, to put another way, to make sure those rights are not taken from you, or mistakenly given to someone who did not earn them.
I can readily see how someone who is used to taking benefits from a system they did not support or pay into, would resent the issuance of IDs that would prevent them from doing so in the future.
I have a harder time understanding those who refuse to use ID cards that would prove that they, and not someone else, were eligible for a service their taxes and citizenship supported.
And remember: In the U.S., if you don't like your state, no one is preventing you from leaving...