Every tool to support freedom is a double-edged sword that must be handled very carefully. Unfortunately we are living in an age where another Hitler or Stalin will not have to work so hard to control their people.
Weak government is good government. We must never forget that.
The fears he had were grounded in the truths he observed about Socialists while he was one. They absolutely refused to criticize the abuses, hypocrisy, and lies of Socialists around the world; the goal of a socialist utopia was first in their minds and hearts by any means necessary.
The Socialists today are just as intellectually dishonest.
Whether the stated goal of national ID card is “national security” or national healthcare or public assistance plans, the big government types want to stuff the general population into a box and list us on a chart.
Also there should be suspicion of the marketing world. Everyone is so concerned about government keeping tabs on us. The private sector is too. And they will sell that information again and again (not just to the highest bidder). It is why identity theft is so rampant.
Funny, isn’t it? They want us all to carry an ID card while other people are also pretending to be us? Defeats the whole stated purpose of such IDs.
How about we scale back the size of government and stop keeping a paper trail on every email sent going back 20 years and every book purchase for the past 15.