I would posit that, like the boiling frog, that checking ID conditions the populace to be submissive to the government and accepting of endless government intrusions on our lives. Once we get used to this, there will be more and more restrictions, impediments, and hurdles to our ability to exercise those freedoms that make us Americans. To the point that the freedoms no longer exist.

So, comrade, I submit that these ID check do indeed serve a purpose in that they concentrate and build power in the Federal government.