The problem with these sorts of ID requirements is that, even though we have lots of very good examples of government issued IDs, everyone immediately jumps to

The problem with these sorts of ID requirements is that, even though we have lots of very good examples of government issued IDs, everyone immediately jumps to dissidents in authoritarian regimes and government overreach and Bill Gates conspiracy theories. I think the fundamental disagreement is that, for some, the solution to poor governance is less governance, and for others the solution is better governance. I am in the latter camp because I think it's apparent than in the absence of better governance, poor governance is replaced by even poorer governance.