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Comment: Key quote from this discussion: "Confusion is a design feature of this system. The Chinese govt loves that both its own people and Westerners believe that they are in possession of an all-seeing 'panopticon', when in fact they aren't. That you believe so helps it serve as a deterrent to crime."
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Dragnarr77 They're responding to presentations like that, and give reasons for why they're misleading regarding the social credit system. One thing they don't specify is that different cities running pilot programs were given leeway in how to implement. All the local-made decisions do not necessarily become official policy, and some have been shot down by CCP leadership. But yeah, that's a lot of facial recognition.
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Drama. Both sides being western funded it's difficult for me to feel sorry for either one. Robbing Peter to pay Paul with U.S. tax dollars.
This is nuts seeing Professors arrested and snipers on roofs of Universities ! History repeats itself !
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