I'm a USian, and find the resistance to national ID pretty nonsensical. We've got a patchwork of id in the States, using driver's license and ssn as proxies fo

I'm a USian, and find the resistance to national ID pretty nonsensical. We've got a patchwork of id in the States, using driver's license and ssn as proxies for identification. If you're on the road, people often won't recognise your Nebraska state ID if they haven't seen one before. Hell, I've had supermarkets refuse my passport when buying beer... And meanwhile there are a pile of states making it increasingly onerous to get id in order to limit voting. Having a coherent strategy for id doesn't preclude banning fracking NY. It also doesn't imply that the government will require access to your social media accounts, or use tanks to investigate overdue parking tickets, both of which we seem to be running towards without a national ID...