Comment by baby_souffle
6 hours ago
“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.