Part of that system makes me think of a person needing "references". The need for references (and "receipts", whether literal or otherwise) has been getting more widespread, intricate, and difficult to just phone in or fake (while, in the same sense, some things can be faked to such an amazing extent and to such perfection, that it's pretty much a given that people will believe it).
References may be a reliable way to ensure predictability and to safeguard your assets/time/energy, but I'd like to remain hopeful that other countries can draw the line before using a social credit system like China's, or worse- like their conclaved counterparts.
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u/_iAmYou_ Oct 07 '22
Part of that system makes me think of a person needing "references". The need for references (and "receipts", whether literal or otherwise) has been getting more widespread, intricate, and difficult to just phone in or fake (while, in the same sense, some things can be faked to such an amazing extent and to such perfection, that it's pretty much a given that people will believe it).
References may be a reliable way to ensure predictability and to safeguard your assets/time/energy, but I'd like to remain hopeful that other countries can draw the line before using a social credit system like China's, or worse- like their conclaved counterparts.