We didn't beat back the Brits and the Church just to willingly submit to a new overlord in the form of deity known as "The economy". The economy is a fickle God who doesn't give a shit about you.
Serve your community above all else and rebel against the weird zealots who worship the economy.

"taxpayers" didn't "pay for" a global military project. the United States government spent those systems into existence. The use of "taxpayers" is a rhetorical move to turn a question of public finance into household dynamics. it's garbage, you never have to buy it.

The implications for removing online anonymity & tracking people's online activity are profoundly serious. Article 8 of the ECHR establishes that EU citizens have a right to privacy from overreaching government monitoring and tracking.

Online ID verification is a fundamental threat to this right.