Comment by JumpCrisscross
4 days ago
> 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.
Would you share an example of a Chinese citizen's social credit score having been dinged because they posted something naughty online?
I’m often not a fan of the Chinese government’s practices, but I think the parent is right here personally. I think Wikipedia does a nice job discussing it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit_system#Misconcep...
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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.
Does the chinese system go farther than the US one in control? yes
Does the US system that gets used to influence your behavior also social control? yes