[Barrin92]

>Wow, can anyone imagine reading this in the beginning of 2019? The totalitarians come out in huge numbers recently.

sorry, are you saying a national id is totalitarian? Virtually every democratic country requires one. Using it to say, verify online age-sensitive purchases like booze or in South Korea for things that require identification is common, and of course for everyday interaction with public agencies and whatnot.

[globid]

A national id was first and foremost for visual and ephemeral verification in exceptional circumstances.

If no record is stored (e.g. a supermarket worker briefly verifying an alcohol purchase), it is not totalitarian.

Making a copy of the id, like PayPal wants, is more sketchy, but at least this is banking.

Requiring an id that is stored in a database for minor transactions like buying a sandwich is definitely totalitarian.