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The problem with historical totalitarian states was that they were totalitarian, not that they had identification. ID is a basic component of pretty much any f
by comte7092 4y ago
The problem with historical totalitarian states was that they were totalitarian, not that they had identification.
ID is a basic component of pretty much any functioning bureaucracy. Further, we already have near universal ID at the state level, what about the federal government makes it so much more magically tyrannical than the states?
- flangola7 4y agoGermany had identification record systems before they became totalitarian, when Jews were treated as citizens and decorated veterans of WW1 under the law. A person does not know when their government will become totalitarian and cannot rely on legal solutions to data problems.
- comte7092 4y agoWhat you’re saying is that water is wet. Name a government in existence that functions without a central identification infrastructure of some sort. Having ID isn’t what leads to totalitarianism, it is a ubiquitous fact of having a bureaucracy that delivers services to its citizens. In most instance, having government id is not a harbinger of risk of totalitarianism. There are more important things to focus on.
- flangola7 4y ago>Name a government in existence that functions without a central identification infrastructure of some sort. Within living memory, the United States of America.