Yes, it’s utterly stupid. One reason I can point to is that the US never really had a national ID system. The social security number is a hack to get something along the lines of an ID, but it’s not reliable enough to make it viable for elections.
I preferred it over 7 when using a start menu replacement. The changes to the control panel were generally quite good too.
I’ve been living under a rock… What has frontier developments done?
For personal backups I can recommend Jottacloud, although they only have servers in Norway.
I think if I have one criticism of the plot is that it takes a while to get going. If I may, I’d recommend you to play thorough it at your own pace, possible also at the lowest difficulty just to experience the story. It’s well worth it just for that.
Noah Caldwell-Gervais
https://youtube.com/@broadcaststsatic
Detailed video reviews of games primarily focusing on the narrative.
A good summary of current events
I believe it is also meant to catch agrathean sperm whales and bowls of petunias.
AOC did among us during the previous election