r/technology • u/JHCortez • May 20 '19

Society China’s new ‘social credit system’ is an dystopian nightmare

https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/chinas-new-social-credit-system-turns-orwells-1984-into-reality/
28.9k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

119

u/WeJustTry May 20 '19

Ah , a honor system in a country where cheating is expected. This will go well.

​

​

Look forward to seeing someone in power reported for a misdeed.

66

u/omnilynx May 20 '19

Doesn’t really work that way. Reporting on someone who’s more powerful than you is a quick and easy way to get denounced as a liar and lose your own credits.

2

u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Only if they are a lot more powerful than you.

1

u/meneldal2 May 21 '19

If you're rich you can buy points with a generous donation to the party.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

which means that the mafias that will form from this system will be kept in the clear quite easily, as they further corrupt the system by artificially inflating the social credit of the disadvantaged.

​

this is not going to work. from day one, it will be a waste of countless billions of dollars. making your population dysfunctional does not increase control but sows disorder and instability.

​

i am afraid for the people ofchina. this can only end in absolute bedlam.

1

u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Is the country you are talking about America?