It's typically considered an anti-American, anti-freedom ideology in the US to require people to carry any sort of documents, including ID.
Of course, this idea is slowly being eroded by authoritarian ideas and if you are not white (in the southwest US at least) you better have an ID unless you want to risk being unlawfully detained/arrested by border guards or police. This has been a big deal in some states for quite a while now.
But it used to be that in the US, having to show authorities an ID was a horror straight out of the USSR or East Germany.
Of course, this idea is slowly being eroded by authoritarian ideas and if you are not white (in the southwest US at least) you better have an ID unless you want to risk being unlawfully detained/arrested by border guards or police. This has been a big deal in some states for quite a while now.
But it used to be that in the US, having to show authorities an ID was a horror straight out of the USSR or East Germany.