Yes, what I describe above is something that would follow the social credit system. The social credit system is I think a great tool to keep the masses at bay a

Yes, what I describe above is something that would follow the social credit system. The social credit system is I think a great tool to keep the masses at bay and for their micro-management. But I think that very powerful people will mostly stay outside of it. Those are the danger #1 for any dictator. Xi right now has purged their ranks of anyone too dangerous but any avid follower can turn into someone who betrays the trust from above given the right circumstances. Part of the job of a dictator is to make sure that those circumstances are avoided for their powerful underlings e.g. by giving them acces to spoils and riches.