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[-] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 159 points 1 month ago

Brought to you by the party of:

  • small government
  • personal freedoms
  • states’ rights
  • less spending
  • free speech
  • religious liberty
[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago

Don't bother. Hypocrisy is the gas, and cognitive dissonance the oil that power Conservatism.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

And racism, anger and fear are the highly reactive napalm that drives their dumpster fire of a train wreck

[-] merdaverse@lemmy.world 101 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Always relevant:

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 72 points 1 month ago

it's okay guys! The NRA said they were here to prevent this sort of thing!

We're in goooood hands!

[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

Oh yea they will rise up but they will stand on the side of tyranny.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

Make America North Korea Again!

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

I didn’t remember emigrating to China.

Damn, this dude has to pick the shittiest aspects of every other country and implement them. But even the shitty countries have socialized health care and things like paid maternal leave. Does he pick those features? Of course not.

[-] Corn@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nobody here in China knows wtf a social credit score is. Also the healthcare is less socialized than your average European country, but they do take measures to keep costs down.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 33 points 1 month ago

boomers will be dead and gone and not have to deal with it

classic fucking boomers

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Specter of death, can we speed this along already?

[-] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago

Writing about the secret social credit system:

-200 good boy points

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago

Isn't that what credit score already is?

Just expand that, maybe with generative AI since the accuracy doesn't matter.

/s

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

Not really, a credit score is based on your ability to repay loans.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 month ago

As well as your willingness to take on debt.

No credit score (AKA living so frugally that you don't need credit) is a bad score too.

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Is it though?

I work on an adjacent industry.

Lenders lend money, that's how they make money.

If you've got savings and a steady job and can offer something a house as security they're gonna lend you the money to buy thay house, even if you don't have a score.

The score as a number, and the concept of building your credit score, is really just something bankers tell you when they're trying to get you to take a credit card.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

So if you have taken more loans in the past & repaid a lot of credit card debt you get a cheaper loan/can afford a bigger loan.

It's what we call predatory tactics & are usually banned.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago

How do you know that? The algo is proprietary, anything can go into it

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

And it determines where you can live, what jobs tou can hold, and wheree your kids can go to school. The system that was developed immediately aftyer the federal government said you can't discriminate on race is definitely fair.

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Didn’t say it was fair or good.

[-] ghosthacked@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 month ago

Just use musk logic: the data is incomplete, so extrapolate missing data with data you feel should constitute proper results

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[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hi, im potential threat #3EF728.

Anyone who would use this metric to categorize me in the first place is inherently a threat to me.

Figure that one out.

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Hello, potential threat CSS lime green

[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah. You're not rich so you don't matter.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Ok, but you dont need a database to see my signature look features velcro addias sandals and a t-shirt with a hole in the pit.

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago

Between this and the ICE contractor ShadowDragon using their platform SocialNet to track "potential threats" it's beginning to paint a grim picture.

[-] sommerset@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 month ago

How does it work? If people post from a anonymous accounts

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't know a lot but I made a comment about it before that I share here with some basic info and further reading. I'll post it here.

~~===~~

TL;DR:

ICE contractor ShadowDragon uses their platform SocialNet to map individuals' digital footprints, personal data and connections across 200+ sites such as OnlyFans, WhatsApp, Roblox and Duolingo.

ShadowDragon claims it accesses data in real-time without storing it, sidestepping some accountability.

ICE and other agencies, including the DEA and State Department, use SocialNet for investigations, citing its utility in tracking criminal activity, despite their unwillingness to prove that criminality in court.

Link to the 404Media article without the required sign in.

Link to Mozilla's follow-up article which mentions some additional involved companies.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

next up credit scores based on Palantir db.

[-] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Planter nooooooooooo

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

Every accusation is projection once again

[-] uss_entrepreneur@startrek.website 15 points 1 month ago

Isn’t this essentially the plot to Winter Soldier?

[-] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

And Minority Report.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Hey Iran, if you're listening, and you're looking for a soft target to add to your retaliation list for the recent attack...well while you probably can't break into the White House, something tells me Palantir's offices are a lot less heavily defended...They also do a lot of intelligence work, so they're a valid military target.

[-] ErrorCode@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Hey, we had a whole Orville episode on how this was a shit plan. The US Media trashed China for this plan.

[-] Ksin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

That this is how the us gets a national registry is so hilariously fitting.

[-] Dearth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

What Chinese social credit score?

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For downvoters: China has no global "social credit system". There was one medium-small city that implemented what we imagine for a bit (though with the harshest punishments being things like inability to purchase luxury train tickets, not imprisonment like the propaganda says), but abandoned the project. There is a "social credit" or "public trust" system that has pretty wide adoption, but in almost diametric opposition to the Western propaganda, it's not for keeping tabs on citizens, but rather government officials and contractors, to ensure interagency knowledge of any impropriety. I.E. precisely the sort of system that would help prevent a cadre of hacks and conmen from infiltrating government agencies and abusing them for personal gain.

For sources and much more info check this video essay: https://youtu.be/wYaKoDyIvWA

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[-] plyth@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

It becomes funny when you realize what China has in comparison.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System

In 2019, the central government voiced dissatisfaction with pilot cities experimenting with social credit scores. It issued guidelines clarifying that citizens could not be punished for having low scores and that punishments should only be limited to legally defined crimes and civil infractions. As a result, pilot cities either discontinued their point-based systems or restricted them to voluntary participation with no major consequences for having low scores.[4][7] According to a February 2022 report by the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), a social credit "score" is a myth as there is "no score that dictates citizen's place in society".

[-] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

well zuck is gonna be pissed it wasn't him....

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Don't worry, I'm sure Facebook's data is in that database as well

[-] lowered_lifted 3 points 1 month ago

yeah the Nazi shit snuck into this meme with the "kosher tier" shit on the text of the phone is gonna be a no from me dogg. Israel loves antisemitism actually. It would be a good idea to actually fight antisemitism and help Jewish people everywhere feel safe so they don't buy into Israeli BS telling them they're only safe there.

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[-] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Thank you Dear Leader.

[-] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

To be fair US is lacking proper database of all people living in it, and also people identifying properly. Current system is a huge mess. This OF COURSE should be done by the government and never in a million years should this be in hands of private companies. This will never happen in current US system because that would be communism, if country knows who exists.

Edit: people misunderstanding that I would support this shit. No, definitely this is not the case.

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago

lacking proper database Pretty certain this was and always has been intentional. I also thought pushed by conservatives. Harder to round up everyone if we don't knowvwho they are. Also easier to cheat on taxes, as I understand.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Not fair. Not fair at all. No one asked for this shit. What ultimate efficiency do you think youre entitled to?

[-] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

No no, I wasn't supporting this shit. There is no use for this for the people of the country.

All civilized countries have proper sealed government owned databases that tell who lives in the country. This makes everyday life for everyone easier. Things like identity theft are impossible if there is db like this, which can be used to identify people in secure manner.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

You could call it a 'Masterbase'.

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