> the obligation to own an ID card is a very foreign concept in most other countries. Is it? From a quick search it looks like a very large number of countries

> the obligation to own an ID card is a very foreign concept in most other countries. Is it? From a quick search it looks like a very large number of countries have compulsory ID cards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_identity_card_policies_by_country#/media/File:National_ID_card_policy.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_identity_card...