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[–] marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 21 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Do you care to read the things you post, or do you just like being ignorant and spreading misinformation.

No, there is no social credit score, as explained in your link specifically.

No, there is no grand big brother system watching your every move through cameras 'docking your score' every time you wipe your ass.

No, there's not even a national 'social credit' system in place, as explained in your link specifically.

What does exist is the equivalent of a 'universal background check' system, as explained in your link. This means governments, yes plural because China's system isn't a strict hierarchy especially in this case, can check the criminality of a person or business pretty much instantly without needing to dig through details. It's like how the US just completely destroys the lives of felons permanently regardless of if it was a gram of weed two decades ago or literally killing multiple police officers. Except it also credits positive impacts and restitution so you aren't permanently ear marked as a bad person.

All of this is explained in your link, specifically. Which is amazing given wikipedia is usually incredibly bad at vetting information about China. That's the thing, your website filled with propaganda sources is literally telling you you're wrong, but you didn't read about this at all, you heard propaganda or memes 10 years ago and just never cared to learn about it.

And this system isn't even online or universal. Most provinces don't have it. Most cities don't participate in it at all. It'd be better if they did.

Compare this to the actual social credit score the US has, which is run by three private companies and can prevent you from getting an apartment, a job, or in some cases government assistance.