[mindslight]

The system runs on abstractions, which it inherently takes for granted as air-tight. Looking from inside the system, the abstraction of "identity" can never appear imperfect. So the observed behavior is described in terms of its internally-seen effects - an identity has been coopted by a bad actor, ergo it must have been stolen.

I'm not endorsing the mislabeling, just explaining how it came about. Obviously sanity, sustainability, and individual freedom depend on pushing back against that system's prescriptions and "keeping it real".