we had markets everywhere in the world before there was state issued ID. your premise is faulty and the point I asked you to engage with is that the urge to safety and security and comfort is a standard social engineering lever. It is used as I described above. You can deny that it happens or agree that it does but ignoring it means you are not here to have a conversation. Dont know what your purpose is in communicating at all if you just want to broadcast and not engage.

anonymity is a larp . . . wow. dunno how to even approach this. . .You cant be invisible but you can keep your private shid private. thats why we wear clothes.

and nostr is an open standard that seems almost custom designed for censorship and surveillance btw. You are living through the embryonic stages now but the same powers and people who brought centralization elsewhere are working here to put as much functionality in relays instead of client as they can. its centralizing fast under the banner of safety and trust while so many of you cheer. Oh well. you will soon see. Be well. Don't be too disappointed in the humans when this comes clear. They really dont know any better.