Post by Don on Nov 30, 2016 5:44:27 GMT -5
The Ruling Class in China wants to assign citizens a score that determines their eligibility for everything from loans to education.
THIS is what we need to "Make America Great Again." How come a second-rate country like China is beating the US in such critical citizen-tracking tech? Imagine how many "good citizen" voters could have roamed to the polls while the discredited would have been unable to take a single step. The election would have come out very differently if the Political Class already had a handy "social credit" system in place like this one.
If only we had this in America, I'd have a perfectly legitimate excuse for never voting again. I obviously wouldn't be allowed anywhere near the polls.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Chinese government is now testing systems that will be used to create digital records of citizens’ social and financial behavior. In turn, these will be used to create a so-called social credit score, which will determine whether individuals have access to services, from travel and education to loans and insurance cover. Some citizens—such as lawyers and journalists—will be more closely monitored.
Planning documents apparently describe the system as being created to “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.” The Journal claims that the system will at first log “infractions such as fare cheating, jaywalking and violating family-planning rules” but will be expanded in the future—potentially even to Internet activity.
Planning documents apparently describe the system as being created to “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.” The Journal claims that the system will at first log “infractions such as fare cheating, jaywalking and violating family-planning rules” but will be expanded in the future—potentially even to Internet activity.
If only we had this in America, I'd have a perfectly legitimate excuse for never voting again. I obviously wouldn't be allowed anywhere near the polls.
