A "show your papers" society is slowly being rolled out. KYC wasn’t about money laundering. It was the first step in permissioned existence. Your own money became conditional, only to be used with the state’s blessing. Now comes the next rung: Digital ID. Once your identity is tethered to a government database, every transaction, every movement, every choice becomes tracked and conditional. Freedom turns into a license; licenses that can be revoked by the powers that be