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> what would such a system be optimized for?

Power and control of the population at large. The SCS willbe the largest spy network and intelligence gathering system outside of the NSA.

Through its massive data collection ability, the CCP will be able to spy on dissidents, minority groups such as the Uighur, protestors of the party regime, political opponents, and any other undesirables the party so chooses.

Anyone can be a target and will be punished by disobeying the party rules both financially (directly through the score) and also physically with imprisonment.

What is the Social Credit Score at its most basic level? Control. It is a computer generated prison built to keep people under control in order to change a once free human being into a slave.



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