With how the United States government is being currently managed do you think we are headed for something similar to China's Social Credit system?

[SunnyCaliGirl]

If you're unaware of what China's Social Credit system its basically system ranks citizens and punishes them with throttled internet speeds and flight bans if the Communist Party deems them untrustworthy. It boils down to the government says what you can't and can do based on your points

[BCA6010]

You have to take into account what the citizens of the respective countries have grown accustomed to before just blindly assuming that the US authoritarians would try to ram something like that through. The US government has basically purged itself of all credibility with majority of the country regardless of party affiliation, with both sides seemingly content with varied degrees of authoritarianism so long as it aligns with their respective values and suppresses the ones they don't.

The most likely dystopian outcome (other than collapse) in the US would be the formation of what's called the "permanent renter class," basically the non-elite who will not ever be able to afford home, personal vehicle, and various other types of goods ownership because the associated costs are too astronomically high that even a career salary earner in a high ranking executive position would consider it out of reach. This is already happening in parts of California where it is actually illegal to build houses smaller than 5,000sqft mansions, and many real estate developers all across the country lobby very hard to pass similar measures elsewhere to develop high density housing in what used to be suburbs. While this is generally seen as a Democrat-pushed agenda, a large number of Republicans are perfectly willing to look the other way and let it happen. The "elite" would jealously gatekeep their status, and the government will be a loosely aligned de facto single party similar to the CCP in China, in which nobody of greater importance than a city council member would stand a chance of election without direct endorsement. The politicians themselves however would be largely puppets of an oligarchy, to include wealthy and influential foreign factions pursuing their own schemes while demolishing anything "American" in favor of being a multinational labor and trade hub. Think very much along the lines of "you will own nothing, and you will be happy," as the masterminds behind the World Economic Forum's "Great Reset" describe it.

Now I also think if this got pushed too quickly or too fast, it would very quickly fall into a civil war. Everything implicit with the above scenario is wildly unpopular with the majority of citizens, which would begin with a very lopsided and fairly quick revolt against the government, followed by a much longer and prolonged fight between 2-5 factions or alliances that would ultimately cripple the US on the world stage for the long term regardless of the outcome, which would likely be dissolution of the United States into at least 3 different countries.

[NamerOfStars]

Oh, it's even worse than that- China's system penalizes your RELATIVES, too. Applying for that job you want? Well, you WERE the best candidate, but then your grandmother went to a Falun Gong temple, so you're knocked out of the running.

And frankly, I think we're most of the way there now; it's just not government-run. Look through your old emails and text messages (and social media feeds, if you're feeling brave/looking for a reason to despair). See how many forms of retaliation you saw suggested or even urged toward those who voted for Trump. It's the exact same idea- systematically using social and economic pressure to force a certain type of behavior- but in a far simpler form.

[888theGreat]

The Democrats love CCP , so when they start this Cashless reset , they plan to use a social point system. This will determine how much money you are allowed to have. Whether you can fly on planes , leave your city , town, or even house. Or what you can say online , Which social sites you are allowed on. Whether you can see a doctor. How much credit you can have. Whether you can get a loan.

They will punish anti gov't , conservatives /Republicans , Trump voters, gun owners, and Christians , Also white people will be penalized. People over 70, and people that have more than one child. Small business owners too.

[maverick2022]

It looks like the US is headed in that direction, yes. It's already the case that you can be taken off social media for disagreeing with official government propaganda. Social media also works hand in hand with the government, similar to how communism works.

[Iron_Man]

It’s all Joe Biden’s fault the worst president in the United States of America. We never had a problem with Donald Trump just a bunch of whiny liberals and that has nothing to do with Trump. Donald Trump will fix all this. I’m voting for Trump once again in 2024 👍

[slatyb]

Not at all. There are some US programs that have some similarity, like the no-fly list, but we are far from being a surveillance state. We are protected from unwarranted data collection by the Fourth Amendment among others.

[Avicenna]

The Democrats would love to implement an even more oppressive system

[ArtemisSilver]

Haha no, mad max would be where the US appears to be headed. Defund the police after mass riots... Brilliant

[Exterminatore]

Worse. Soon all political opposition will be rounded up and sent to gulags.

[Dargil]

No. The midterm elections take place this year and it will likely be a Republican landslide. Much of this woke nonsense will disappear into the wind.

[OlderAndWiser]

Please don’t give the democrats any ideas!

[exitseven]

Sounds familiar all right.

[007kingifrit]

they will try. we will vote them out or kill them

[Deathraider]

What makes you think that’ll ever happen?