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While what you say is certainly true in specific cases (ie. the Facebook mob example), there is nothing in the West at an institutional level that compares to t
by pembrook 9y ago
While what you say is certainly true in specific cases (ie. the Facebook mob example), there is nothing in the West at an institutional level that compares to the ambitions of the Chinese Social Credit system.
Also, how come every time an article is posted about something Orwellian the PRC is doing, the comments are packed with whataboutism fallacies? "Yea, but look at what's happening here in the West!" It happens so frequently and consistently that it must be a quirk of the HN audience...or something more suspiciously intentional.
- jsonne 9y agoI didn't say whatabout the west despite your accusation that I did. I said it seems like they are part of an overarching trend I've noticed which is a puritanical and unforgiving approach to policing behavior in modern society. That is all.
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago>or something more suspiciously intentional. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party