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>>suppression comes via the obstructions which seem to have been purposefully put in place, years before the ID was required, and active opposition to removing them.

Such as, I would love to see a list of what you consider to be unreasonable obstructions to obtaining an ID. I have a strong feeling we will not agree as to either their unreasonableness or that they are obstructions

>>This quote, from Anatole France (The Red Lily, published 1894) summarizes it well:

So what is your solution, just allow people to steal as long as they are in need?

Sounds like you are advocating for a system not based on individual equality under the law, but a cast system where your position determine how the law treats you, except you would find it "just" if the system punished those you perceived as successful or to use the a more common phrase from authoritarian circles "privileged" and excuse the actions of those deemed to not have said "privilege"

That is not a system I can get behind, I firmly and unequally believe in individual equality

Everyone should be treated the exact same by government no matter their age, race, religion, creed, national origin, sex, orientation, income, or any other characteristic beyond their individual actions



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