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by sneak 1924 days ago
No, that's not the problem, the problem is that many many organizations demand an authoritative identity when no such thing is necessary or advisable.

https://sneak.berlin/20200118/you-dont-need-to-see-my-id/

The US has plenty of centralized identity systems, including the Real ID one, a backdoor federal ID system that is required to board all commercial flights in that country.