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You don't think that trivialises the issue just a touch? We're talking about an institutionised score which effectively administers your social mobility.

• platinumrad 8y ago
  You're talking about SAT scores right? Or did you mean US credit scores, which are maintained by three opaque and unaccountable private corporations. More seriously, yes, the explicit social credit system that China seeks to establish is evil. But the west isn't much different.
  • pcr0 8y ago
    SAT scores decide where one can go for university. Credit scores decide interest rates and loan approvals. Social credit score decides whether one can board a plane or a train, or whether your child can get into a school of their choice. Furthermore, your score is influenced by the people you associate with, and vice-versa. One of those concepts is very different from the other, in practice.
    • vkou 8y ago
      > Credit scores decide interest rates and loan approvals. They decide a lot more then that. Housing, job applications, sentencing, whether or not you can get an education...