The type of argument you're making is this: "Climate change is happening anyway, let's build more coal plants!" I don't really agree with the type of argument in general.

Corporate surveillance that can be turned into surveillance for the state at a whim is destructive to democracy and makes society worse.

Also, facial recognition is much slower and much less precise and generates much more data/noise than just collecting info from a card. There are quite a few practical hurdles here.