I slightly disagree. It's not solely about control. It's also about transforming a low trust society into a higher trust society like say Japan. The model socie

I slightly disagree. It's not solely about control. It's also about transforming a low trust society into a higher trust society like say Japan. The model society for Chinese leaders in the modern era has always been Singapore. Singapore is sterile, orderly, and unlike mainland China there's a rule of law. Surprisingly, I'm conflicted with the idea of the social credit system. On the one hand, I don't like intrusive all seeing Big Bro systems. On the other, I really hate low trust societies with a passion, and I would love to see China evolve into a higher trust, if not high trust society. It would be nice to be able to conduct more everyday transactions over there with less paranoia.