Comment by lovich
3 days ago
> Beijing showed the way. We followed their path.
lol, just like China invented social credit scores which are for social control and definitely not like US credit scores which are just good business sense
Edit: to be clear I am saying this from a US centric viewpoint. China is catching up but they’ve been behind us for over a century tech wise and the US has been really good at pioneering new forms of injustice. I’m laughing at the idea that we were trailing behind them on learning new for handling their population
> like China invented social credit scores which are for social control and definitely not like US credit scores which are just good business sense
…yes. You don’t get your credit score dinged because you tweeted something naughty. You can be a felon with perfect credit.
You should read up on China's credit score. There are a lot of misinformations about it online. In effect, it does little more than the US credit scores that inspired it.
> You should read up on China's credit score
I could really say the same to you. Emphasizing original sources, not summaries.
> In effect, it does little more than the US credit scores that inspired it
“Little more” does a lot of heavy lifting here.
The nuclear bomb was inspired by the explosive power of TNT.
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Brah, some employers in the US check your credit score to make sure you are trustworthy enough.
Your credit score can be checked in multiple other situations that have nothing to do with you taking on debt, but still somehow your debt factors into the decision.
If you think there is no social control as part of this system, then you are just blind to the system you grew up in
> some employers in the US check your credit score to make sure you are trustworthy enough
Sure. They’re evaluating your creditworthiness. What they’re not measuring is your political coherence or social “goodness.”
The closest thing we have to a social score is a criminal record.
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