This is actually one of the things China and the US do have in common, in terms of the surveillance state. Are the anarchists right on this one? Is it different because the surveillance state in China--at least in theory--serves the interests of the people, rather than capital?
Regardless, what this article describes is definitely gross.
Yeah, China in general has pretty strange attitudes toward privacy, which I think is partly because they are a lot happier with their government and their influence on it. Also, I was at a work event regarding dataprotection law, and somehow every single fucking speaker started out their presentation of why privacy is important, by bringing up the social credit system. Felt kinda blackpilled after seeing everyone and their mother make the 1984-comparison as if it was something deep / meaningful.
This is actually one of the things China and the US do have in common, in terms of the surveillance state. Are the anarchists right on this one? Is it different because the surveillance state in China--at least in theory--serves the interests of the people, rather than capital?
Regardless, what this article describes is definitely gross.
Yeah, China in general has pretty strange attitudes toward privacy, which I think is partly because they are a lot happier with their government and their influence on it. Also, I was at a work event regarding dataprotection law, and somehow every single fucking speaker started out their presentation of why privacy is important, by bringing up the social credit system. Felt kinda blackpilled after seeing everyone and their mother make the 1984-comparison as if it was something deep / meaningful.