I wonder if some sort of global NGO would work? Maybe an offshoot of the UN? At least initially, it will get lots of blowback in the US - if it is a requirement

I wonder if some sort of global NGO would work? Maybe an offshoot of the UN? At least initially, it will get lots of blowback in the US - if it is a requirement to get services. So, maybe they can incentivize it? Total adoption may take quite a while, perhaps even a full generation, though maybe more. We could start by making it optional and using it to expedite some services. We could also start initiating it at birth, to go along with the SSN. Maybe we could even make the SSN card a plastic card with a magnetic strip and a chip in it, for the NFR functionality, as well as making inexpensive USB devices for online authentication? I'm not an authority on this, or anything. I'm just speculating as to how it might work and how it might be possible to get it adopted. There will still be people against it, thinking it is something like trying to force a single world government, but it should be okay so long as it isn't a strict requirement to access services. Of course, accessing those services might be more difficult and that'd give incentive to use it. It'd have to be no-direct cost, and replaceable if lost or stolen. Maybe allow a free replacement every two years, or similar. Then, maybe a few bucks to replace it otherwise. There should probably be a hardship clause. The card could have many other uses, as well. Maybe people could opt to use the same card for banking, for library loans, for welfare benefits, and things like that? It seems doable, tech-wise. Politically, it's much more difficult. Even the new(ish) enhanced ID requirements went over poorly. My State fought that for years by using the excuse that it was an unfunded law. Yup, Maine fought against the enhanced ID that lets us cross the border into Canada without a passport. The excuse was funding, but it was really about not wanting to be told we needed a federal ID. It's a potentially tough nut to crack.