Originally Posted by
Shareholder
A rather delusional libertarian view of the world, but reality is that passports are required because nations have a right to maintain their own sovereignty and determine who and who not to let into, or out of, their borders. As I posted above, the safe passage granted by a passport should include safety on many levels and it is not unreasonable to ask that my fellow passengers are who they purport to be and not be traveling under false identities.
Other nations may unfortunately maintain their own border inspections, rather than accepting open borders planet-wide where all who are not currently incarcerated may travel freely. However, it is a truly delusional view of the world where other passengers must kowtow to paranoid, irrational fears that they must be identified so that others will feel "safe". Those who need such irrational fears allayed would be better off staying home where they can impose identification restrictions on those they allow on their own private property, if they permit visitors at all.