China was so ahead of the curve when it comes to private companies collecting and mining data. Ant Group is a big example of that, which was stopped by the gove

China was so ahead of the curve when it comes to private companies collecting and mining data. Ant Group is a big example of that, which was stopped by the government (power struggle or not?). When it comes to US, Americans are blind that they are being tracked too, while it isn't clear if China's so called score systems affect the average citizen, credit scores in US aren't any better. Also the tech industry banning all kind of political dissidents, them losing their jobs, etc... even a potential employer Googling you doesn't sound right to me. If the West and East are having the same outcomes, but the overlords are different being corpos in the West and party officials in the East.