Do you want a universal 'social credit system' with that?

china has one. Here in Australia one is being trialled in Darwin (where the port of darwin was sold to the Chinese by the current Republican federal government), and Italy is about to set one up.

It is one pillar of a plan being pushed hard by the World Economic Forum which includes this, fully digital ID's, and CDBC's (Central Bank Digital Currencies). Part of the 'own nothing - be happy' strategy.

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

Not China style. I can't believe any democratic government wants to emulate that 😕

Financial credit schemes are bad enough. If you don't fit the mould of a modern consumer, you get excluded from important financial services provided by the private sector. It's a vicious, reinforcing circle.