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Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by I-M-S on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:40AM (#45117074)
In a lot of cases that reason is that the West has pillaged and/or coup-ed those countries in the past, and doesn't care if it scorches and/or submerges them underwater in the future.
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Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by throwaway7783 on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @12:04PM (#45117341)
I agree. My country was plundered for hundreds of years. And some now have the gall to say these invaders brought progress to a backward country. However, that is orthogonal to the point being discussed
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