This article, and others, claim that getting a birth certificate creates a new corporation because the child's name is all uppercase. But a birth certificate is useful to function in modern society. It can be used to open a bank account, get a social security card, a driver's license, a passport and so on.
Everything you say is true, but only because the government and corporations decided to make it so. In other words, we only live with these things because there's no way around it at this time, but that doesn't make it right and it also enables the PTB to track everything we do. Who wants that?
The birth certificate let's us know a new person was born. Surely there is some good in knowing that. My mind goes to the worst case scenario where there are some parents who would objectively abuse and/or neglect their children, and the state should step in to protect the rights of the children. Without the record that a child exists, those welfare checks wouldn't happen.
Likewise with social security numbers and tax administration. We can make a good number of arguments for how taxation should or should not occur, but I think society is more fair when all of the rules are applied equally to everyone.
Everything you say is true, but only because the government and corporations decided to make it so. In other words, we only live with these things because there's no way around it at this time, but that doesn't make it right and it also enables the PTB to track everything we do. Who wants that?
Isn't there some kernel of good in there though?
The birth certificate let's us know a new person was born. Surely there is some good in knowing that. My mind goes to the worst case scenario where there are some parents who would objectively abuse and/or neglect their children, and the state should step in to protect the rights of the children. Without the record that a child exists, those welfare checks wouldn't happen.
Likewise with social security numbers and tax administration. We can make a good number of arguments for how taxation should or should not occur, but I think society is more fair when all of the rules are applied equally to everyone.