It works fine for me. I view the pseudo-anonymous nature of the Internet as a feature, not a bug.
I think we agree fundamentally that attempting to ban or restrict math is ridiculous. For the sake of discussion - what specifically about the current structure of the Internet is broken? You allude to accountability, but it's fairly easy for law enforcement to track someone down (in the "not-using-7-proxies" case - and even then, just repeat step 1 below):
* Subpoena a site for IP records
* Subpoena their ISP for subscriber information
Now, whether that person is actually located somewhere actionable is another question - but that's a geopolitical problem, not an Internet problem. The first point - sure, maybe a site doesn't keep IP logs. Are you saying it should be mandatory to track the source of posts? (Should it be mandatory for physical establishments to log the biometrics of visitors? If the answer to these questions is different, why?)
How would your proposal for tying Internet access to physical identity (e.g. drivers' licenses) impact access for those in developing nations? There are already a lot of hoops for them to jump through to get online.
Edit: I didn't downvote, by the way - I do still believe in the HN ethos of only downvoting spam/meme posts. People should have a chance to read both sides of a discussion.
Anyways, disabling crypto is super stupid. We all agree on that. Terrorists will just embed crypto in images.
Kay also wants to restrict access to pron but that's her hang up.