They did a bit more than "criticize the government".

Man, just imagine the pushback if Trump did something like that now. The word "facist" would be in the headlines for months.

"Oh, but it was 'our team' so it's different."

whatever

That has nothing to do with online identification. Do you believe that those operating a vehicle that can easily kill people shouldn't require registration to prevent this from happening again?

Also, that a was few dozen truckers who were actively blocking major highways, and the banking ban lasted less than a week for most people. Several orders of magnitude more people get arbitrarily unbanked for less. I had a credit card and bank account permanently banned while traveling and they refused to give me an explanation.