>Critics of China’s social credit system say it is an Orwellian tool of social monitoring and political repression; but the Chinese government says it is a way

>Critics of China’s social credit system say it is an Orwellian tool of social monitoring and political repression; but the Chinese government says it is a way of boosting administrative efficiency and encouraging trust and moral behaviour by its citizens. This is so sad. China is such bad shape on matters like trust and moral behavior that the government has to resort to these sorts of extreme measures. The problem is this will likely just backfire over the long term. The more expression is suppressed, then the less real information about facts and people's views is available to the government, and so the government makes worse and worse decisions. Just watch this happen in the coming years and decades.