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Whatever society needs... this is why we have elections and stuff.

Really, the broader point is I'm tired of giving away massive chunks of my PII (SSN, DL copies, etc) instead of just having something from the government that will say "Yep. He is who he claims."

If we, collectively, decide we need age-gated websites, then let's enable that properly. I shouldn't have to give NYT a scan of my DL and my SSN to gain access.

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> If we, collectively, decide we need age-gated websites

We haven’t decided this.

> having something from the government that will say "Yep. He is who he claims."

You’re literally trading liberty for convenience.

I understand your position. I just fundamentally disagree that the tradeoff you are so eager to make is worthwhile.


What liberty am I trading? The government already knows who I am.

They don’t know what you do.



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