Comment by gunsle
4 hours ago
You have to show ID to pick up a prescription or open a bank account. You have to show ID for routine traffic stops. This is such a juvenile, tired argument.
4 hours ago
You have to show ID to pick up a prescription or open a bank account. You have to show ID for routine traffic stops. This is such a juvenile, tired argument.
“You show ID at the bank” is a classic, juvenile and tired argument because it swaps in a voluntary transaction for state coercion.
The concern isn’t IDs exist—it’s who’s demanding them, in what context, and what happens if you can’t comply on the spot.
Not to mention that the USA has a long history of looking down their nose at the USSR for doing exactly what the USA is doing now.
I forgot that HN is mostly filled with a younger generation that might not get the reference.
The "Papers, please." quote is a common trope in spy movies, books, etc... about the former Soviet Union.
You absolutely do not have to show ID to pick up every prescription; just some, which is also dependent on state law, federal law, and pharmacy.
But also, I don't care if it's a tired argument--this isn't about how things are, it's about how we want them to be. I don't want to live in a state action-coerced society.