• Pirate2377@lemmy.zip
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      13 days ago

      Sure, let’s say it doesn’t since I admittedly haven’t looked into this in painful detail. However, this meme seems to suggest that if it did exist, then it would be perfectly fine on the virtue that credit scores exist in America. Aka, whataboutism.

      Since Germany made concentration camps under the third reich that it isn’t that bad when America does it. At least by this logic. Guess it’s impossible to be against two things at once. Though I hope I’m just misinterpreting the point

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          13 days ago

          You didn’t read the rest of the comment since I conceded that it doesn’t exist for that reason and why I still disagree with the meme

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        The meme is pointing out hypocrisy among those in America. Its common to hear them mock China for having a social credit score system, while apparently not realizing they have exactly that with credit monitoring companies.

        This is all made more ridiculous by the fact that there is no social credit score in China as Americans understand it.

        The joke is that Americans brag and call everyone else barbarians, when they themselves are the barbarians. Its pure projection to inflate the massive American ego.

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        12 days ago

        That’s not what “whataboutism” is. This isn’t a structured debate where we are limited to one topic, it’s a conversation… and we’re allowed to use examples and compare like to like, you do it, I do it, every human on Earth does it every day.

        Sure, you’re allowed to call this and everything else ‘whataboutism’, I don’t think you should be given a “whataboutism score” wherein those with the highest scores are avoided by reasonable people.

        I await your charge of gaslighting eagerly

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        11 days ago

        citing the natopedia article as if it’s an actual source lol

        i’ve lived in china; i don’t need to edit shit.

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          They didn’t even read the first section of the article they linked.

          There have been widespread misconceptions in media reports that China operates a unitary social credit “score” based on individuals’ behavior, leading to punishments if the score is too low or rewards if the score is high.