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Trusted internet identityTrusted internet identityPosted Jan 13, 2011 19:07 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333)In reply to: Trusted internet identity by Frej Parent article: Trusted internet identity
> In denmark we have had national identity number since 1968, (stored as magnetic tape records!), and no genocide has happened yet or any known misappropriation.
In the USA we have a thing called the 'social security number'. Which is our identity number that is not a identity number, but actually really is used as a number that identifies you.
It pre-dates your number by 32 years.
> But i know that cultural acceptance of central governance is quite different in the US :).
If you had a representative democracy that has been around for over 200 years and has turned into our government then you'd probably have a much better idea as to why this attitude is common. Try fluctuation between the Clintons and the Bushes as your 'supreme leader' for a couple decades. :P
Not to mention certain underlining attitudes subconsciously inherited from our grandparents and great grandparents who wanted nothing more in life but to get the hell out of Europe. ;)
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Trusted internet identity Posted Jan 16, 2011 23:34 UTC (Sun) by job (guest, #670) [Link]
200 years? Unless you are female of course. Or in jail. Questionable democracy, in my view.
Trusted internet identity Posted Jan 23, 2011 2:38 UTC (Sun) by ccurtis (guest, #49713) [Link]
... or negro, or if your local ancestry traces prior to 1492, etc.
Of course, it's not a democracy at all; it's a republic. The extensions of suffrage do seem to have exposed the soft underbellies democracies use to self-destruct, but that may merely be coincidence.
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