this is a system china has used for a decade now. it has become normalized and its main shape is set, but it has turned people against each other and poured gasoline on an already rotten moral landscape.
don’t treat it like a black mirror episode that only affects citizens. that ship sailed a long time ago. it is not limited to individuals. companies, vehicles, public agencies, public services, all have different credit frameworks managed by different ministries.
for example the people’s bank of china tracks financial credit records, the ministry of transport records drivers and logistics companies’ violations, and the supreme people’s court collects criminal and legal violations. each agency…