> like China invented social credit scores which are for social control and definitely not like US credit scores which are just good business sense

…yes. You don’t get your credit score dinged because you tweeted something naughty. You can be a felon with perfect credit.

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thrance 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

You should read up on China's credit score. There are a lot of misinformations about it online. In effect, it does little more than the US credit scores that inspired it.

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JumpCrisscross 2 days ago | parent [-]

> You should read up on China's credit score

I could really say the same to you. Emphasizing original sources, not summaries.

> In effect, it does little more than the US credit scores that inspired it

“Little more” does a lot of heavy lifting here.

The nuclear bomb was inspired by the explosive power of TNT.

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lenocinor 2 days ago | parent [-]

I’m often not a fan of the Chinese government’s practices, but I think the parent is right here personally. I think Wikipedia does a nice job discussing it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit_system#Misconcep...

	▲	lovich 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you. It is infuriating to see my fellow countrymen criticize another system so heavily, when we are living under a largely similar system. Especially after finding out that the current credit score system was only adopted in 1989, so it’s just another yoke millennials and younger have to live with, that our forefathers got to start their adult life without having to deal with

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lovich 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Brah, some employers in the US check your credit score to make sure you are trustworthy enough.

Your credit score can be checked in multiple other situations that have nothing to do with you taking on debt, but still somehow your debt factors into the decision.

If you think there is no social control as part of this system, then you are just blind to the system you grew up in

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JumpCrisscross 2 days ago | parent [-]

> some employers in the US check your credit score to make sure you are trustworthy enough

Sure. They’re evaluating your creditworthiness. What they’re not measuring is your political coherence or social “goodness.”

The closest thing we have to a social score is a criminal record.

	▲	lovich 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Does the chinese system go farther than the US one in control? yes Does the US system that gets used to influence your behavior also social control? yes