Privatization doing its best work here…

Getting an ID is a barrier to access. Since you have to pay to get that ID and you have to jump through various hoops to prove who you are, and can get stuck in bureaucratic hell.

And given that the United States has record levels of homelessness, this increasingly disenfranchises a larger and larger population of voters every year.

Let’s not even talk about the current administration weaponizing bureaucracy to deny rights and access to people who they view unfavorably. Which will further disenfranchise voters even if they are capable and have documentation.

Steal from your national savings account (Social security)?

Literally, actually taking money THAT IS YOURS, from your account, that you are entitled to… Because it’s your fucking money. Paid for, every tax year, to save, and consume after a certain age.

Grinding metal makes a voltage potential?

… How?

That makes no sense. With enough energy grinding metal can spark purely from friction, but it’s not generating appreciable static electricity. Not even close.