[nate_meurer]

> giving them more power doesn't look like a slippery slope straight to dystopia.

This only makes sense if you have no concept of "future", wherein different, less reasonable people can gain power. This should be especially obvious in Germany, where an adversarial relationship with the state can easily be had by merely criticizing it.

[fyredge]

The solution then seems to be holding people in power accountable, no?

Digital ID or not, the situation won't improve until we get actual representation that works for the people.