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Is it human nature or mere societal conditioning that makes people averse to snitching? Their social credit system - conformance at any cost; any dissenting th
by MarkusWandel 6y ago
Is it human nature or mere societal conditioning that makes people averse to snitching? Their social credit system - conformance at any cost; any dissenting thought, opinion or behaviour will be hammered down like the proverbial nail that sticks out - and now even gamifying snitching - how long until you can get social credit points for doing it - how can anyone imagine that this leads to an intellectually or economically competitive society? A tamer version of all this worked out great for the half of Germany I didn't grow up in, right?
Pity that at my age (54) I may already be too old to see how this experiment ultimately plays out. Then again, everything seems to move at internet speed these days.
- ajkdhcb2 6y agoSeems like 15 years or so should be plenty of time to see a worldwide, incredibly deep dystopian shift. It's already well underway
- numismatex 6y agoIt depends on your ideology and stance. I think a good portion of most societies could use the culling that'll go along with it. Because no matter how you cut the pie, people are still people and just because you believe people are intrinsically good doesn't make it so. I think we should all be under surveillance 24/7/365, but then again I've been raped, beaten, tortured, home invaded and worse so I actually care about the important things like victims being able to put pieces of shit in prison.
- bradknowles 6y agoThe Stasi found that people were all too willing to snitch on their neighbors. Just wait until everyone is a spy who is reporting on all your misdeeds to the police and the intelligence agencies.