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Cake day: June 23rd, 2020

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  • For downvoters: China has no global “social credit system”. There was one medium-small city that implemented what we imagine for a bit (though with the harshest punishments being things like inability to purchase luxury train tickets, not imprisonment like the propaganda says), but abandoned the project. There is a “social credit” or “public trust” system that has pretty wide adoption, but in almost diametric opposition to the Western propaganda, it’s not for keeping tabs on citizens, but rather government officials and contractors, to ensure interagency knowledge of any impropriety. I.E. precisely the sort of system that would help prevent a cadre of hacks and conmen from infiltrating government agencies and abusing them for personal gain.

    For sources and much more info check this video essay: https://youtu.be/wYaKoDyIvWA