• darq@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t understand what the problem is.

    The fact that “Voter ID in England led to racial and disability discrimination”.

    Maybe read the article?

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        1 year ago

        Is it hard to get an ID/passport in the UK or are their disabled people just even more disabled than in the rest of the world? Maybe the problem here is infrastructure (or lack thereof). You could be the most disabled person in Sweden and your caretaker would still take you to the tax agency or police to get identification of some sort. Not having any way to identify yourself is pretty much unheard of here except for the severely mentally ill who refuse help.

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          1 year ago

          Passports are expensive & disabled people are poor. And no, there’s not much help for disabled people in Tory Britain. Also it’s a bit of a Catch-22, it’s hard to get ID that proves who you are without ID that proves who you are. Currently having that problem with a disabled family member and haven’t found a solution yet.

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      1 year ago

      What discrimination? Every citizen should have a passport. That’s how it works in every developed country!

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        1 year ago

        It’s explained in the article. So I will say it again: “Maybe read the article?”

        Not every citizen has a passport. And they usually aren’t free either.

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        1 year ago

        If passports were given out for free then sure, but they’re really fucking expensive. Mine expired years ago, but since I can’t afford to travel anyway I’m hardly going to scrape together the £80+ for a new one.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, Britain is very weird. How do you even live without a passport? No wonder Britain has plenty of identity theft going on…