• radiant_bloom
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    7 months ago

    The sadder thing is that Chinese social credit hasn’t actually even been implemented, and doesn’t seem like it’s going to. There are only limited local experiments, most of which are allegedly largely irrelevant.

    Whereas there are multiple credit score companies currently tracking literally everyone who has a bank account.

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      7 months ago

      How do you think it came to be that most Americans believe that in China you can have your home seized for being impolite?

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        7 months ago

        A deluge of articles that confirms the audience’s unexamined orientalism, and makes them feel superior.

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      7 months ago

      It’s impressive that people have bought into this idea, myself included, until I watched the Polymatter video explaining what it is.

      It’s hard not to come off as a Chinese sympathiser when correcting the misconception, so I’ll say this:

      Fuck China - there are many things wrong with it, but the social credit system isn’t one of them.