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Isn't this reasoning cyclic? You can't have an id in USA because the current system doesn't have a list of people with their addresses? So the current system n
by rohit2412 8y ago
Isn't this reasoning cyclic?
You can't have an id in USA because the current system doesn't have a list of people with their addresses? So the current system needs to be a system of all the people and their addresses, including citizens, with some sort of unique identifier for quick retrieval? You know, an id?
- pgeorgi 8y agoIt's cyclic, yes, but only because we went off on a tangent. The US isn't prepared for that because they refuse to have a registry of their citizens. India has one (or two, currently). Therefore "infrastructure to obtain ID in India and the US is of somewhat similar quality" is false. Therefore "Apparently some people believe that poor people or minorities in America find it harder than even the poorest Indians to go get identification" is a false equivalence: The poorest of all Indians still have a government that keeps track of the data required to vote (whatever fault it may have in other ways). Americans do not and therefore have to work around the no-registration policy with an ad-hoc registration procedure every two years that might require significant hoop-jumping - which is easier when you have some extraneous time and/or money you can throw at the problem (that is, you're not poor).