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>If you live in Minnesota and somebody in DC says that your score is low you can kinda just ignore it.

Did you ask the Chinese citizens in Chongqing if they can "just ignore" their social score coz they're not in Beijing?

The answer may surprise.



My thought is that if fascist government takes over, Minnesota at first would be something like Hong Kong. It is not like social scoring could/would happen overnight. At first you would need a lot of people to believe in it, a lot of people to support it and etc.

I understand that things would not so simple of course.

My main message is that technology is only a tool, it is still people, society doing the act.




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