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I suppose you're going to tell me that the documented cases of people being refused employment or basic services because they've behaved in a way that authoriti
by imiric 2y ago
I suppose you're going to tell me that the documented cases of people being refused employment or basic services because they've behaved in a way that authorities deem morally "wrong" is also a myth? Western propaganda, surely.
But please link me to any proof. I want to be educated.
Also, way to ignore the part where people are arrested or disappeared for the same behavior. At least we can agree that much is true.
- DiogenesKynikos 2y agoYes, it's a myth. If you want to know about the real "social credit system," look up Jeremy Daum, a specialist in Chinese law at Yale who has written various articles and given interviews on the subject. Long story short: it's a grab bag of corporate regulations, and does not involve scoring of citizens. There's only one way that private individuals ever interact with the system, and that is if they default on a court decision. Every case you hear about someone not being allowed to take high-speed trains or the like has to do with people who lost a legal case (such as a defamation lawsuit), were ordered to pay a fine, and then refused. Again, no score is ever involved, and citizens rarely interact with this system at all.
- imiric 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40342534 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40342534