The concept of privacy — the importance of it, why we have it and need it — can sometimes be a tricky thing to grasp or explain.
Take compulsory National ID cards. I’m a Radical. I’m implacably opposed to compulsory ID on a visceral level. And that doesn’t come from belonging to an intersection of marginalised groups. It comes from the knowledge and understanding that there is no good reason for any state to hold a centralised record of every person under the power or mercy of that state. There’s no true benefit. But the risks are incredibly dangerous. The possibility of the misuse of power.
