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Lol people actually believed that social credit score bullshit?
American here, yes. To be fair I don't think about China a lot.
You have credit scores in the US?
Just goes to show you how deeply permeating the Red Scare is. Reminds me of that "exploding helmets" story that was obviously bogus but peddled as though it was true.
That’s one I never even heard of until now! I’m not surprised that the CIA-backed Falun Gong’s Epoch Times covered it: China Develops Helmets for Soldiers With Self-Destruct Button: Report. You can just make up any zany thing about the US’s designated baddies, and people will buy it.
Yep, I remember that one as it came out. Super silly.
Social credit scores were a thing. People were punished for low scores. It only happened in a few cities and it was described as a pilot.
Obviously the pilot got a lot of bad press in and outside China and it is no longer happening
But... social credit literally is real... There are government legislations on this. It is not a conspiracy theory.
On the other hand Western media definitely has exaggerated and demonized it a lot. The social credit is basically your credit score, but it is more expansive and uses information some might see as encroaching on their personal privacy and freedoms.
wdym by "basically your credit score"?
The credit score in China is to keep tabs on businesses to prevent corruption and excesses, just basic things the US used to do back in the 1950s, but would now be considered "authoritarian".
The credit scores in the US are used to prevent regular people from getting housing.
I mean I feel real stupid reading into it, but up until now, yes
Plenty of people also still believe the secret Chinese police stations bullshit.
Never heard of mintpress. Looked it up and ooof. What a record
Uh huh. Looked them up where, MB/FC? Quoting myself:
From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News
And
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mint-press-news/
Yes, people genuinely believe that the social credit exists.
In America we call it the credit score...
Or skin tone.
So I'm not crazy? I could've sworn I looked into it, and it was basically just a credit score where you also get dinged for police interaction or living with someone who committed a crime
That type of system is not really accurate. There is a credit system, but it's largely for companies and businesses as a way to exert control over shady business practices.
"Criminal record"
Not sure how this shit works in China but it is all about the same at the end of the day.
There's a big difference between the commonly reported western idea of a social credit system, and the actual credit system that exists in China. Chiefly, it is primarily for businesses, not citizens. You're making an error in attempting to equate the scope.
First, don't use that term to describe Chinese people, that has racist connotations.
As for your claim that the entire MO of the PRC's government is "control for personal gain," can you elaborate?
It is not a "me problem" that you use outdated terminology with racist connotations, don't double down. Own up to it and revise your comment.
Either way, the National People's Congress is not controlled by the Bourgeoisie, rather, the people control it. As a consequence, we see the widespread poverty eradication campaign reach a successful conclusion, large public infrastructure, and dramatic improvements in working class purchasing power and working conditions.
Consider reading China Has Billionaires if you want to understand modern China from a Marxist perspective.
Unlike you, of course. You, the enlightened Westerner, the true free thinker, know so much more than those orientals.
And they believe Uyghur genocide too. They're fucking brainwashed. They completely lack critical thinking capabilities.
A great way to get people to understand is to insult them. That always works well
Indeed.