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Neither of those links support your assertion that identity schemes are "authoritarian" or "are very strongly correlated with abuses in human and civil rights"


> your assertion that identity schemes are "authoritarian"

Well, no, that assertion is a subjective statement, so it's not possible to cite that. (Hence why I didn't - the footnote appears immediately after the portion of text being cited).

The links are intended to demonstrate that there are a number of other aspects of Estonian society that we might not want to emulate. Cherry-picking one benefit would be misleading.

> or "are very strongly correlated with abuses in human and civil rights"

The original sentence was "Authoritarian policies ... are very strongly correlated with abuses in human and civil rights". Would it be clearer if I replaced the word "policies" with "governments"?


Perhaps I misinterpreted your post, but what I got from it is that you were against identity schemes (attaching the adjective "authoritarian" to them).

Estonia might be an authoritarian hellhole, but I wouldn't say the ID system has anything to do with it. That edit probably would help :)




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