Monday, March 04, 2019
Social - ist “Credit”
It’s no secret by now to anyone informed of world events that China is in the process of developing further it’s “social credit system.” No doubt several western governments will not be far behind in the concept of rating people’s behavior as a standard in which to allow basic transactions and existence.
The Chinese system that notes minor infractions like Jay-walking also records the crime-of-all-crimes in China, lack of obedience and adoration for the Communist party. Any criticism of the glorious socialist/communist state can destroy one’s life. Of course this is an improvement over the mass-arrests and executions that mark the early stages of a “socialist revolution.” No doubt many western college campuses will be eager to adopt such a system....”MAGA hat? — no public transportation for you.”
Imagine the absurdity of it. One can be subject to financial ruin, confined to their city, unable to advance in education or career. And why? ...one spoke badly of the supreme lord of purity — China’s leftist power center. This is the overarching mentality that is defended and promoted across American college campuses, its entertainment venues, and now, in the platforms of presidential candidates. What used to be mere “PC,” earning a mocking eye-roll can now result in physical harm or serious disruption of one’s livelihood. Socialism is what it has always been, a means for controlling a society’s citizens. Free thought and criticism is simply not allowed.
One can’t be sure as to how this ”social credit system” will ultimately play out but, if one were to honestly track its development, you can be sure that among the literally millions of people negatively affected, a number of them will commit suicide, some will go on to perform genuine criminal acts born of frustration (e.g. theft, assault), and as is typical in any socialist system, many will simply not be afforded the chance to reach their full potential to benefit their lives and society at large. How many inventors, artists, medical innovators, and captains of industry will cease to manifest their natural talents, cease to create businesses and hire others, and cease to contribute to a thriving society.
Already, China is notorious for stealing intellectual property and technology. Like every socialist system, functioning like high cholesterol in a social circulatory system, the dynamism of human creativity is clogged in its tracks by the dogma of an elite power center. Free-wheeling progress, dynamism, and creativity can barley breathe in such a system.
As of this writing, 23 million Chinese citizens have been banned from travel — seriously! I don’t mean to diminish the quality of my writing but...what assholes! Just the economic repercussions of such bureau-authoritarianism is absurd! That’s a lot of money taken out of circulation. The fact that so many large companies in China are ultimately owned by the Communist party one would think that some practical sanity would override the dogmatism that drives most socialist enterprises.
On a positive note, how many millions of already pissed-off Chinese citizens will be further inspired to despise the princes that unjustly rule over them?
The party has the technology and apparatus of state to lord over their relatively compliant population but the human spirit is not yet fully crushed. Even the stupidity of the boot-licking class will have to one day confront the primal urge of most men and women to live freely.
...Time for counter-“revolution.”
