The ID thinkg is something I addressed some time back as well. Although I would not have a problem with that at all, many Steemians do not want to share their ID; Most of the Steemians seem to want to be anonymous. Even with ID verification, anonymity towards the community can be preserved, through eg a third party ID verification service. But that would be more or less a centralised organisation to which the authorities will have access, when they need/want, making the individuals not anonymous. However, you and I would not know who we really are in real life.