Because they're lying.

The cruelty is the point.

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I always find it interesting how little the English speaking world knows about countries that aren't English speaking. I don't think people realise they're in a media bubble.

In this case, there are plenty of countries that have introduced digital ID, but you likely wouldn't know much about that if you consume only English language media. Predictably this article deals with hypotheticals or something that happened in another English speaking country, rather than mentioning what happened in countries with actual digital ID.

It reminds me of this British show I was watching about where they were building a house near the Thames. The builders and architect spent much of the time, fellating each other for inventing sub-optimal solutions for problems which have already been solved. So much time and money wasted because they refused to use google translate or email a Dutch architect. Unlike the Italians, the perfidious Dutch do actually speak English.

You could blame the language barrier, but in large part it's chauvinism. Unfortunately, pride often becomes before the fall. Such a wasted opportunity to not learn from mistakes made.