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> competition is what drives societies to become more complex, building more hierarchical armies to fight ever-more-complex wars and organizing increasingly bureaucratic governments to manage diverse resources and growing populations.

This sounds interesting. Having identification be a cost would make people think before engaging with anything that requires it, which would encourage companies to avoid. Also, if people can choose freely which banks to use, then there is also some market pressure on banks to have good privacy and security.