ULPT req: How would you go about getting a new identity in modern times?
Presuming this is mainly in the US, the main conclusions this seems to keep coming back to are:
• Take someone else's who will either never find out or who died but was never identified
• Somehow get the DMV to issue you a valid driver's license using a combination of fake and real docs, and then use that + plus fake SSN card/birth certificate/passport for bypassing pretty much every institution in life
• Pretend to be a refugee coming from another country with fake docs and get them to issue you a fresh SSN (seems quite unlikely given there will probably be an intensive interview about your background)
• Get a corrupt govt worker to make fresh documents for you, though I dunno if that's even a real thing
What ways could one go about it though? Assuming they wanted to live a comfortable life with solid careers and schooling and home ownership, and not living on the fringes of society for life?