• dead [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    No, the US has drivers licenses as the de facto id. It was not intended to be an ID because it was only meant to say that you can drive a car. Then the people don’t drive a car, don’t have a driver’s license. In many states, the driver’s license was very insecure and easy to make fraudulent licenses. This is why the US is trying to do the “real id” system since 2005, but the system is still not completed. Very car-brained country. Social Security Number was also not intended to be an ID, which is why it is so insecure.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_identity_card_policies_by_country

    There’s a map on this page which shows many countries around the world have citizen ID cards.

    The US has no real national id system because politicians want for it to be hard for working people to file various paperwork. It’s made tedious on purpose. It would be better if working people can more easily have an ID card. Being forced to show that ID card on demand though, is not very good.

    • polpotkin [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      4 days ago

      I couldn’t get an ID for awhile because the state wanted two qualifying pieces of mail but literally all my utilities did paperless billing. My internet provider literally had no option for paper billing. I also couldn’t get health insurance for the same reason. I also HAD to unlock my credit so the electric company could validate my identity which means I had to mail the credit card company a letter. Then the DMV fined me or not registering my vehicle on time.