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That doesn't make any sense. You wouldn't have access to their ID. Even if you did, you're saying you can tell someone is an idiot by what? How they look? Their country of residence? Their age?
Not hard to imagine, people already have to manicure their facebook and other social media accounts because employers look at them. Just because you don't want something attached to your name, doesn't mean it's stupid or bad. There are consequences for unapproved behavior and opinions, even if they're not wrong or harmful.
If you think anonymity is stupid, feel free to set your display name to your real name right here on lemmy.
Except those who control the narrative will not face consequences for harmful messages they spread. For example, the trump administration spreads a lot of anti-trans messaging. They've been going after the funding of schools for what they deem "CRT and radical gender ideology" (https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5113202-trump-schools-executive-order-crt-gender-ideology/). Now imagine they go after online commentators which will be super easy because they've got their real names attached to their posts.