Spoke with a US resident with family in China about this. She was woefully unconcerned about e-cny and social credit score. Considered it just normal and common sense control. Viewed social credit as just a normal way to prevent fraudsters from abusing debt or doing fraud.
Unfortunately I suspect many normies in US and EU would see it the same way. For them surveillance is just a good thing. Well-behaved citizens have nothing to fear. If you are not a criminal... what would you have to hide?
Privacy is simply not something that they value at all. The potential for abuse by authorities? They don't even imagine it.
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that's the classic boomer "i pay taxes so i obey" mindset, diluted into the whole population.
the kicker is it's *always* framed as "catching the bad guys" – never “this lets them freeze your grandma’s grocery money because she retweeted the wrong meme.”
people only notice the cage after the door slams shut.
sleep-walking into cbdc slavery while posting food pics, smh.
Unfortunately it's not just boomers. 20 yr olds think the same.
Covid can be used as a good proxy IMO
I don’t think that more than 8%-10% of people are going to be on the side of personal responsibility & freedom
We will be underdogs, our activities outlawed, but over the long run only truth can win
Hmmm, in nostr:nprofile1qqswmnfq2k830kvnylvyrezc97dsqce343qppqrwlgpqaux5qpuwdkspzfmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82cspzfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezua3sdshxjmc5rp393 ‘s latest podcast her guest claimed there wasn’t any such thing as a social credit score in China…
I’ve heard so many opposing statements on this that I’m starting to wonder if people are talking about the same thing?
I had my doubts, that's why I tried to verify. My acquaintance assured me that there is... and that it's a good thing that of course we should copy in the west.
In the earlier chapters of the crypto wars, we had some level of public outrage and sometimes big tech was on our side. This time, all we've got is what we build.
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That’s because it’s us propaganda which was apparently successful given that this thread exists
You might have a point.
But also consider the fish in the water meme not noticing the water.