I think some of the fears about such an overt system being implemented in the US or other Western democracies are overblown. A democracy will always feature dif

I think some of the fears about such an overt system being implemented in the US or other Western democracies are overblown. A democracy will always feature different opinions and the opposition will always object to a social credit scoring by the ruling party or coalition. The bigger problem I foresee is that other autocracies will see China’s social credit system as a basis for their own societies, much in the way that China proved to the developing world that you don’t need Western-style democracy to be a successful and wealthy economy. Edit: upon reflection, I think a far larger threat for the West is if China starts socially scoring us. Then we’re in trouble. China already owns or has influential stakes in far too many Western media outlets, especially Hollywood. And I can’t think of a single way that the West could stop China from doing it.