Digital ID: Same Empire, New Mask

From ancient priest-kings to popes, bankers and now billionaires — power never disappears, it just changes costume.

Tony Blair pushes the politics. Bill Gates bankrolls the tech. The banks and payment giants line up behind them. And above it all, the Big Three — BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street — quietly profit from every move.

Digital ID isn’t about convenience. It’s about control. The real question is — who benefits, and who loses?