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Synthesize your two examples and you get some really sinister results. Imagine getting banned from a national grocery store chain not because you shoplifted,
by LarryMullins 4y ago
Synthesize your two examples and you get some really sinister results. Imagine getting banned from a national grocery store chain not because you shoplifted, but rather because one of your family, friends or coworkers shoplifted. The company just mutters something about thieves associating with thieves and now you can't buy food because you associated with the wrong people.
- fnimick 4y agoYou just invented the Chinese "social credit" system all over again. Sadly, I know a surprising number of people lamenting that we don't have it in the US - the thought is that collective punishment works to force a group to self-regulate, so why not apply it to groups of friends, family, etc and punish all of them as soon as one person steps out of line.