I'm a conservative. I don't mind the liberal stuff here. It's good to learn the other side, but I don't want a liberal echo chamber. I'd like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?

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[+] -6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

So the question is, why doesn't everyone have IDs? How does the country identify its citizens?

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    IDs cost money, require visits to DMVs (which conservatives work hard to shut down in poor areas, or other fuckery with their hours or such), and if you want the federal level one cost more and require more paperwork

    We use the garbage and not-designed-for-this social security number for major IDing

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    If you got an ID sent to you when you turned $AGE I'd support requiring it to vote. But any proposal of free/automatic IDs gets shouted down by fanatics who think it's the mark of the beast from Revelations. It's a non-starter.

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