• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    The whole social credit thing sounds like something that could easily be taken away depending on your political beliefs

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      1 day ago

      These things already exist. Credit scores determine whether or not you can buy a house in certain neighborhoods. People are being deported for their political beliefs. The US has the largest prison population on the planet, both per capita and sheer numbers. When/if you do get out of prison, felonies stay with you the rest of your life, even for something ridiculous like marijuana possession.

      You’re worried about a hypothetical when there’s the real thing right in front of you.

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        1 day ago

        I agree largely, but we still live in a society where you don’t need to pass a credit score to get groceries.

        How will removing that not be seen as authoritarian?

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      1 day ago

      That’s where things like decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and smart contracts could come into play. Maybe we could start implementing this without ever involving the government at all.