Reputation comes from the people not the government. Legal identity is a scam.
Discussion
Hmm
Imagine if the idea of,
“I am Worf, son of Mogh.”
style reputation came back in vogue.
Where did the last name "Johnson" come from? John's son. Some state appraiser came riding through a village, asked for a last name from a peasant and wrote down the answer.
Our second names were created by the state to track the populace for conscription and direct taxation.