That would be my exact description of Norwegian climate policies….

Kom hit for å si dette, men du kom meg forkjøpet.

Identifying who you are is a legitimate requirement, I guess - but what I don't understand is the need for separate registering process before voting: why aren't voting rights simply connected to citizenship in existing registries? I mean, surely the US knows who its citizens are... or?

seems like a discursive triumph of populism: when everyone (both sides, I guess) is preoccupied with attacking some "elite" that supposedly is a danger for "the people", it is hard to join forces for the actual common good: the joint endeavor is to dismantle elites, not to improve society. Or?

oh, yes...

"cash flow trumps (sic!) government oversight and audit"
"no need to protect personal information"
"no problems with American Mediterranean resorts replacing refugee camps"
"what's this with the rule of law, again?"
"pardon is the rational consequence of insurrection"