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People tolerate these kinds of things as necessary evils. It would be great if we didn't need ID to drive and didn't need SS but that's not the world we live i
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
People tolerate these kinds of things as necessary evils.
It would be great if we didn't need ID to drive and didn't need SS but that's not the world we live in.
The fact that people tolerate necessary evil is not argument for more evil.
- jariel 6y ago"People tolerate these kinds of things as necessary evils." They are not 'necessary evils' in any minds but those of HN commenters. They are just 'normal artifacts' in the minds most people. People are generally not concerned with the existence of DLs and they are generally not some kind of 'threat'. If you literally brought up 'privacy' issues to most Americans, maybe they would say something, but I'll be $100 that most Americans, on the subject of 'Drivers License' would never bring up the issue of 'privacy' unsolicited. An SS card with literally a photo on it, the most minor of changes, could effectively serve as a really good 'ID'.