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You talk like we all live under the same government, and like it would be a good thing if we did.

This is your own, personal, twisted interpretation of my reply

I don't see how we can arrive at an alternative interpretation if we follow your argument to its logical conclusion.

If you don't see it then that's your problem

Not all countries have centralized systems with comprehensive national databases, some purposefully fragment record-keeping across different agencies and limit their access accordingly.

Privacy laws and constitutional protections vary widely across democracies and - in my estimation - for very good reason.

This is about pure and simple national ID. National IDs are already managed at the national level, by definition. Other kinds of records are outside of the topic

Would that be your SSN in the US for example? I don't think most people would be in favor of that.

Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US have no government-issued compulsory identity cards for all citizens.

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