> One could argue that the ability of anyone to know what and with whom they are dealing with in everyday life is essential
Only in some cases, so that's not a very good argument.
> the role of the government to attribute an action to a source is paramount
It is paramount in, say, the case of a crime. It is not paramount when it's outside the scope of crime or threat of a crime (i.e., outside the scope of initiated violence).
> I highly doubt you would send an anonymous source a large sum of money, for example.
That's true. If I want to send a large sum of money to someone, I know who they are. That's not something I need the government to adjudicate. (I do think the government should prosecute fraud as an initiation of force, though.)
I'd argue in every case where you aren't completely gullible to everything you read or hear.
Anonymous speech is nothing more than rumour. It has little to no positive value.
If you require the identity of a person you would give money to, why then to you not require the same standards of the person who's thought you would entertain?
Only in some cases, so that's not a very good argument.
> the role of the government to attribute an action to a source is paramount
It is paramount in, say, the case of a crime. It is not paramount when it's outside the scope of crime or threat of a crime (i.e., outside the scope of initiated violence).
> I highly doubt you would send an anonymous source a large sum of money, for example.
That's true. If I want to send a large sum of money to someone, I know who they are. That's not something I need the government to adjudicate. (I do think the government should prosecute fraud as an initiation of force, though.)