Post #2961395
2025-09-25 18:18 UTC
@AlisonW@fedimon.uk
I'm curious, as a Belgian with a mandatory ID card (and French, same situation), it's never felt like such a huge issue.
You can get your gender changed fairly easily and it is reflected on the ID card. and it makes identifying with online government services much easier. (think taxes, unemployment benefits, etc)
It has zero impact on taxes avoidance or anything like that but at least in Belgium it was never meant to so that's ok.
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@ailepet@peoplemaking.games 2025-09-25 18:26
@edzilla@social.edzilla.info @AlisonW@fedimon.uk ID cars are not mandatory in France, aren't they? (or do we count passports as ID cards as well?)
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@cfy@mas.to 2025-09-25 18:29
@edzilla@social.edzilla.info @AlisonW@fedimon.uk Same curiosity from a German perspective here - it is not mandatory to carry the ID card, but easy to do and good if you need proof of ID or proof of address (e.g. picking up a parcel, opening an account...) Having lived in the UK for many years, I know that the driving licence is used there for the same purpose, but I find it discriminatory against people who don't have one. Never understood why the British are so against IDs.