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> we also have majestic legal equality, where the millionaires and the poor are equally punished for sleeping on park benches Yeah but why would a millionaire

by tomc1985 6y ago

> we also have majestic legal equality, where the millionaires and the poor are equally punished for sleeping on park benches Yeah but why would a millionaire do that? That's not majestic, more like unequal exposure Most other countries have similarly "majestic" legal equality, but again, you're not going to find people with a home to go to sleeping in park benches. China is hardly special in that department.

Barrin92 6y ago
>Yeah but why would a millionaire do that? That's not majestic, more like unequal exposure Yes I was being sarcastic, that's the point. Abstract notions of equality are meaningless. We can pride ourselves on the rule of law in comparison to China, but the law already is such that it predetermines who gets the stick and who doesn't. Same is true with the social credit system. We may claim we have some sort of abstract choice, but when your neighbour installs their ring camera looking into your living room, and your healthcare premiums goes up if you don't put that Apple smartwatch on, there's no actual choice. It's exactly that China is hardly different, just more blunt about where our social and technical engineering leads us.