As far as I understand it, the "social credit" myth is a conflation of a particular privately-run credit scoring system that include(d) benefits for pro-social behavior, and a separate system for applying administrative penalties to firms/market actors for rule-breaking behavior. The myth is that these disparate systems are one mega-system that is applied nationally, as opposed to several systems used by private companies and local/regional governments.
It’s real, but it’s only applied to businesses and the owners so customers/partners know if they’re scammers or trustworthy. Even western institutions have gone onto mainstream media and corrected it because the misconception ballooned to some cartoonish shit that it was hard to actually criticize it without looking like a buffoon, but Americans still manage to do it anyway
is social credit even remotely a real thing or is it some racist made up bullshit?
As far as I understand it, the "social credit" myth is a conflation of a particular privately-run credit scoring system that include(d) benefits for pro-social behavior, and a separate system for applying administrative penalties to firms/market actors for rule-breaking behavior. The myth is that these disparate systems are one mega-system that is applied nationally, as opposed to several systems used by private companies and local/regional governments.
China’s Social Credit System Is Actually Quite Boring: A supposedly Orwellian system is fragmented, localized, and mostly targeted at businesses.
It’s real, but it’s only applied to businesses and the owners so customers/partners know if they’re scammers or trustworthy. Even western institutions have gone onto mainstream media and corrected it because the misconception ballooned to some cartoonish shit that it was hard to actually criticize it without looking like a buffoon, but Americans still manage to do it anyway
:sadness-abysmal: you should’ve been there when my college prof talked about it
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