We have a Scylla vs Charybdis situation, where lack of ID leads to an internet of bots, while on the other end we get a dystopia where everything anyone has ever said about any topic is available to a not-so-liberal government. Back in the day, it was very clear that the second problem was far worse than the first. I still think it is, but I sure see arguments for how improved tooling, and more value in manipulating sentiment, makes the first one quite a bit worse than it was in, say, 1998.

> Back in the day, it was very clear that the second problem was far worse than the first.

This is still the case. The difference now is that the astroturfed bot accounts are pushing for fascism (I.E., the second problem).