Nope, I saw much worse coming. Barbarity of the sentence aside, he’s still convicted and sentenced to die.

I honestly thought by this point we’d be executing political dissidents on live TV.

Not really. Most under-30’s these days have no experience or education in how or why to preserve important papers. It’s just not common these days.

Yes, and for most things, just the memorized number will be fine, but for stuff like applying for govt programs, getting a job, or obtaining a passport, the actual physical card is needed, unless you have enough other forms of ID.

Checking whether an arrest warrant from the international criminal court is enough justification to arrest someone domestically isn’t the same as just attempting to arrest a normal civilian, and you know it.