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Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by makeitdouble on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @07:01PM (#45121291)
What would happen if you deeply insulted a cop at night during a routine check ?

What would be the impact on your life of publicly calling names your company's CEO on social media ? You make it sound like a defamation lawsuit is peanuts, when you'd probably be fighting against an army of lawyer while you're unemployed, if you're in the US that definitely sounds like a life defining event.

I also wonder if most authoritarian régimes even have prison camps ?

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Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by nozzlegear on Saturday September 06, 2025 @07:32PM (#45153859)
In the US you wouldn't even be subject to a defamation lawsuit in the first place. Such a thing is strictly un-American, we have every right to insult mock and insult our elected officials.
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