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Lol people actually believed that social credit score bullshit?
American here, yes. To be fair I don't think about China a lot.
Just goes to show you how deeply permeating the Red Scare is. Reminds me of that "exploding helmets" story that was obviously bogus but peddled as though it was true.
That’s one I never even heard of until now! I’m not surprised that the CIA-backed Falun Gong’s Epoch Times covered it: China Develops Helmets for Soldiers With Self-Destruct Button: Report. You can just make up any zany thing about the US’s designated baddies, and people will buy it.
Yep, I remember that one as it came out. Super silly.
Try to keep in mind that is far from the only thing you've been lied to about. Not just about China either. The US propaganda machine is massive, and far reaching.
You have credit scores in the US?
We have real credit scores in the US that keep people unhoused
Yes, that's the sad truth. It doesn't have to be a government program to be a systemic issue.
But... social credit literally is real... There are government legislations on this. It is not a conspiracy theory.
On the other hand Western media definitely has exaggerated and demonized it a lot. The social credit is basically your credit score, but it is more expansive and uses information some might see as encroaching on their personal privacy and freedoms.
The credit score in China is to keep tabs on businesses to prevent corruption and excesses, just basic things the US used to do back in the 1950s, but would now be considered "authoritarian".
The credit scores in the US are used to prevent regular people from getting housing.
wdym by "basically your credit score"?
does it surprise you when a non neglible amount of americans believe the earth is flat? or that vaccines have nanomachines to control your brain? 😂
Plenty of people also still believe the secret Chinese police stations bullshit.
Never heard of mintpress. Looked it up and ooof. What a record
From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News
And
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mint-press-news/
Uh huh. Looked them up where, MB/FC? Quoting myself:
I mean I feel real stupid reading into it, but up until now, yes
Yes, people genuinely believe that the social credit exists.
Social credit scores were a thing. People were punished for low scores. It only happened in a few cities and it was described as a pilot.
Obviously the pilot got a lot of bad press in and outside China and it is no longer happening
And they believe Uyghur genocide too. They're fucking brainwashed. They completely lack critical thinking capabilities.
A great way to get people to understand is to insult them. That always works well
Indeed.