They're always talking beefed up security and identity, yet I was just able to renew a year's worth of expired driver license which originated in 2008 by signing a form and submitting payment.
By the time this license expires the photo will be nearly 30 years old. That doesn't seem like very tight national security, hurr durr. But you better wear that mask to show your political identity.
We haven't had a car in 20 years. I am in no condition to drive a car and I don't. But I do have a shiny new state drivers license ID good for another 5 years with a photo that dates back decades.
The rulers are fucking hilariously inept.
Children are natural sponges of information. Something about the neonate state primes us for learning and expressions of intelligence. It's especially true in mammals but in other types of animals too. (I saw a special about wild turkeys and they definitely demonstrated it.)
Upon reaching sexual maturity a switch is flipped and we revert to a state where it's harder to learn and we fall back to instinctual behaviors more often. This will get worse with age if the mind isn't exercised and aimed towards higher thoughts.