You have to show ID to pick up a prescription or open a bank account. You have to show ID for routine traffic stops. This is such a juvenile, tired argument.
The concern isn’t IDs exist—it’s who’s demanding them, in what context, and what happens if you can’t comply on the spot.
I forgot that HN is mostly filled with a younger generation that might not get the reference.
The "Papers, please." quote is a common trope in spy movies, books, etc... about the former Soviet Union.
But also, I don't care if it's a tired argument--this isn't about how things are, it's about how we want them to be. I don't want to live in a state action-coerced society.