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Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by fragmede on Thursday September 04, 2025 @03:05PM (#45131010)
People have started being disappeared by ICE. They've been kidnapped off the streets with no access to a lawyer until after. The difference does matter, but it seems we're uncomfortably close to there now.
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Re:We already live in social credit, we just don't call it that by 1718627440 on Thursday September 04, 2025 @06:59PM (#45133206)
Yes and this makes the US just not an example of liberal democracy anymore, so you can't use it as an example for "the West" when using very recent examples.
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