As an American, the first time you visit Tokyo is amazing, then after about 2 days you get physically angry, because you realize cities don't actually need to be a total shit-holes, and it costs like 1/0th what you pay.
The man behind the digital ID push is Larry Ellison, owner of Oracle, CBS, CNN, and, soon, TikTok. He wants data centralization and total surveillance. "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly watching & recording everything that's going on." Terrifying.
Republicans will applaud Trump's remarks about free speech in one breath, a then rip signs out of the hands of Democrats because they don't like the words on them in the next.