I think the point is that China is exploiting the same system that other countries created and started exploiting prior, but it is doing so on a larger scale and to a more obvious degree than the others. That is to say, yes, it's a problem, but let's take a look at all the other instances of this type of behavior, so we can work toward a general solution, rather than just saying 'fuck china!'.

That system is a bit more complex than one would perceive.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/16/chinas-orwellian-social...

It will. There's no false equivalence.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-te...

But to the broader point: my comment was about much more than social scoring systems.

I wouldn’t be so sure about that,

> One of the few things known about the Kill List is that it’s compiled in part by algorithm.

> In 2014, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden said in a public debate, “We kill people based on metadata.”

> According to multiple reports and leaks, death-by-metadata could be triggered, without even knowing the target’s name, if too many derogatory checks appear on their profile. “Armed military aged males” exhibiting suspicious behavior in the wrong place can become targets, as can someone “seen to be giving out orders.” Such mathematics-based assassinations have come to be known as “signature strikes.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/how-...