Comment by ace32229 a day ago
Digital ID makes no difference to this whatsoever. If a government wanted to cut you off from utilities they could make it happen within hours already.
Same with conscription, which needless to say was invented and effectively implemented prior to the invention of digital anything.
Why is the solution to avoiding conscription being able to hide rather than making the conscription not happen in the first place?
Governments in a position to conscript their citizens usually aren’t taking a lot of feedback on the issue.
Yes, fight in advance to prevent such a situation, but don’t assume you will win. It’s good to have a backup plan.
You need to convince, what, 300 people in a country to vote in their voting system the right way, and then it affects millions of people.
You should maybe read some articles about modern situations where people dodged conscription before assuming what is practical today. The average person who hasn't thought about it for a week is certainly in trouble but..