I do find it somewhat amusing in a way with worries about "a papers please society" because for some of us, it pretty much already is if you take opinions like that to heart. If I'm going to a gig or a club or even just to the pub I have to carry ID because I will probably be asked for it, so its essentially already a "papers please society" for me!
Actually I do wonder, for the people who are vehemently shout about this stuff, I wonder if they also happen to be people who don't have to carry ID around with them to make sure they are able to get served / get into an event, and if for those of us who do look young enough to get ID's pretty much all the time, if we are less concerned about it because we already deal with it! Note I'm not saying I find the worries amusing, just this idea that its a slippery slope - because if it was we'd already be there based on what some of us experience week in week out!
Infact I also wonder what these people also think of pubs / bars who require ID to enter full stop for everyone - is that not the very definition of "papers please" (I remember a bar in London, can't remember the name, but my dad who is 64 was refused entry because he didn't have photo ID - he has a passport but obviously isn't in the habit of having that on him all of the time, and his driving license is an old school paper one that obviously just sits at home 99% of the time, and they wouldn't accept his bus pass! - I think he was quite surprised that it didn't bother me and my reaction was just that I have to show photo ID to get into / get served in the majority of places anyway so it doesn't bother me as I'm just used to it!).