Message from @The1stImmortal
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but it's sad
by now it's literally like the old soviet joke
about the guy who was arrested for being slow
"What do you mean slow"
well, me and Jurij went about exchanging political jokes in the bar
so the morning come I went to the militia to turn him in
turns out
he went the very evening
lol
I was going to derail the conversation with a breadline joke
but i dont think they even had bread
the sad thing is that this had become a reality
people turning others in just to cover their ass from the same
well its already happening in China
Social Credit is orwellian as hell
it isn;t
Orwell himsellf had no idea
because its outsourcing the entire process
its always been like that in china, they've been a totalitarian state since the 40s
you having low score lowers the scores of people you interact with
so there's soft pressure to ostracize you
and guess what they'll do
you don't even need to force anyone
pressuring or forcing media companies to block or shadowban undesirable groups has a similar effect, if clumsier
Look at twitter's 'associated with' clauses
but yeah
it's like...
I'd almost say it's more effficient when it's mild
outright bans and rl big repercussions might make people angry
Of course. Its more insidious
the way it works in china
When it doesn't feel like it comes from the top
"retard colleague keeps posting Alex Jones and lowering my chances of getting visa to go on holiday."
"Fuck him *unfollow*"
suddenly
your'e in an echo chamber of people praising the governemnt
I dabble in Alex Jones
I was using it as an example
he's not even relevant to china I believe
but I dunno what kind of iffy material gets shared there