People move, die, get married/legally change their names

All things that are already registered in the government's basic citizen administration (or whatever it's called in your country). Deaths and moving to a new address are both things you are required to register with the government ASAP. Marriage and legal name changes are performed by the government (it's kind of the entire point).

Computer glitches and human error occur. Bureaucracies aren’t designed for efficiency.

No, but a person's whereabouts and legal status are necessary for taxes, and if there's something governments are very good at it's collecting taxes.

But if you’re not a legal citizen or don’t reside in that district, why would they even send you a voter pass?

Did he just spray paint it himself?

Where is this that the clock goes from 2 to 1? Here in Europe it always goes from 3 to 2 or from 2 to 3 when it goes in the other direction.

Because a large part of that price is actually due to the convenience. Sure, there is still a large markup but it also has to pay for the rent at that convenient location, the people preparing it for you, the equipment and maintenance, the energy bill for keeping the lights on and heating, insurance, etc. etc.

None of those things apply when you make it at home. Costs for a supermarket are also much lower per item, cheaper location, less personnel needed to sell you a bag of beans and a whole cart of other stuff vs. preparing a coffee.

This is for 18+. For people under 18 it’s about half that IIRC.

Are they provided for free?

No.

We have to pay for ID in the US

Same here. An ID card is €80 and a passport is €88. Both are valid for 10 years.

and there is often a requirement for an address on paperwork

Here you simply go to the municipality where you are a registered resident and request it there. They already have your address on file since you are required to register your place of residence.

that makes it very difficult for the homeless to acquire an ID.

I just looked it up how this works here. If you aren’t a registered resident of any municipality there’s a couple of them that handle ID applications for people without residence. You have to prove your nationality but that can be as simple as showing a bank statement proving that you receive dutch social security (homeless people receive monthly social security payments)

my state mails IDs which I'm pretty sure it intended to make it difficult for homeless people to get one.

Then how do they make sure it ends up with the person who requested it? Here you have to pick them up in person specifically so they can make sure that the person on the ID is the same person who is receiving it.

No health insurance, never need to go to a doctor or hospital?

What if you’re ever asked for ID by the police?

Over here, technically you aren’t required to have or carry ID. You just have to be able to show ID when asked by law enforcement. Meaning they can’t simply stop people and ask for ID and fine you when you can’t show one, so not carrying an ID in itself isn’t an offense. It’s just that when they have a valid reason to ask for you ID and you can’t show one, you get a fine for not being able to show ID.

Even homeless people are required to have ID here.

If you live alone that's a lot, if you live with 2 or 3 other people that's regular amount

40 is absurdly high for 2-3 people who do not use electric heating.

We do on average 20kWh a day with 2 people and that’s already crazy high. According to the monthly energy usage report I get from the energy company that’s about a normal usage for a familiy of 5. It’s that high because I have a lot of computers (servers), a home cinema with a large TV and a big amplifier driving 11 speakers and multiple subwoofers. In addition to the normal stuff like 2 electric ovens, a Quooker (basically my kitchen faucet keeps a 7 liter vat of water at boiling temperatures 24/7 so I can have instant boiling water from the tap) an induction stove, dishwasher, dryer and washing machine. Also in-floor heating which while gas powered means there’s an electric pump running 24/7 to keep the water circulating.

Me and a few colleagues are a bit obsessed with tracking energy usage, we all have solar panels and home batteries and with variable pricing you can make a little money buying electricity when it’s cheap and selling it back when demand and prices are high. We’re talking a few euros a day, not really worth the effort but it kind of became a game.

Just to say, we discuss energy usage a lot at the office. One colleague who lives alone in a regular size house uses about 2-3kWh a day. Another colleague who has a large house with full electric heating (heat pump) and who drives an EV may do 30-40kWh/day in winter, and that’s with a wife and 2 teenage kids.

Aren’t you required to have a government ID?

Here (.nl) you need an ID to access so many services that it’s basically impossible to function without one.

Want to rent or buy/sell a house -> ID

Want to go do a doctor -> ID

Mobile phone contract -> ID

Open a bank account -> ID

Get a loan -> ID

Take a driving exam -> ID

Collect a package from a parcel point -> ID

Buy alcohol, tobacco or weed -> ID

Hell, I had to show ID when getting food delivery because apparently there was a tiny amount of alcohol in the desert.

How does US society even function when people don’t have a government ID?

How does that help with Netflix on my TV?

There’s still plenty of content to watch left, so no need for any of that anyway.