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A system of '''reward and punishment mechanisms''' for the government to control its citizens. The system is based on data collection, surveillance and combination of databases (including social media), leading to a final score, which resembles [[Facebook]] likes. Except, if nobody 'likes' you, you won't be able to fly, ride a train and you pay higher taxes.
 
A system of '''reward and punishment mechanisms''' for the government to control its citizens. The system is based on data collection, surveillance and combination of databases (including social media), leading to a final score, which resembles [[Facebook]] likes. Except, if nobody 'likes' you, you won't be able to fly, ride a train and you pay higher taxes.
  
==China==
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With the introduction of [[vaccine passports]] the [[supranational deep state]] has essentially introduced a global social credit system starting in 2021.
The Chinese Government operates a '''reward and punishment mechanism''' to '''thought control''' its citizens. The system is based on data collection (motion tracking), surveillance and combination of 70 databases (including social media), leading to a final score, which resembles [[Facebook]] likes. Except, if nobody 'likes' you, you won't be able to fly, ride a train and you pay higher taxes.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social_Credit_System&oldid=952602754, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sozialkredit-System&oldid=197625013</ref>
 
  
The indirect and covert [[aggression]] used here against its citizens is '''ostracism''' aka [[social exclusion]]. It is particularly vicious, increases counter-aggression with a high risk of acting out, lowers self-esteem, producing a state of [[cognitive deconstruction]], marked by flat affect, and similar to that found in the presuicidal state.<ref>
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==Carbon limit reached==
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah_Coyne2/publication/7677457_An_Integrated_Review_of_Indirect_Relational_and_Social_Aggression/links/5491ae730cf269b04861699b/An-Integrated-Review-of-Indirect-Relational-and-Social-Aggression.pdf
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[[image:Transaction denied Carbon limit reached.jpg|thumb]]
Archer, J. & Coyne, S. M. An integrated review of indirect, relational, and social aggression Personality and social psychology review, Sage Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA, 2005, 9, 212-230</ref>
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The companu [[Doconomy]] together with [[Mastercard]] and the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) created a [[credit card]] that works hand-in-hand with a phone app, launched in April 2019, that quantifies the [[CO₂ emissions]] generated from each credit card transaction, setting monthly CO2 limits – ensuring your carbon footprint is cut by 50 per cent – it will literally deny cardholders from spending once they have used up their allowance. Every purchase has a carbon footprint attached, which is displayed on the Doconomy app.<ref name=globe/>
  
==Misconceptions==
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"The core purpose is the ability, not only to measure the impact of your consumption, but also to bring it to a direct halt,” the company stated. The website currently features a sneak peek of the message the card user will be met with as soon as they hit their carbon max, warning: “Transaction denied! Carbon limit reached.”<ref name=globe>https://globetrender.com/2020/04/07/doconomy-credit-card-carbon-limit/</ref><ref>https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/transaction-denied-get-ready-for-credit-card-that-cuts-off-spending-once-you-hit-your-co2-max/</ref>
The reporting of the Chinese system suffers from the usual problems, where things like geopolitical rivalry and mistranslations contribute to not giving a full picture.  
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The DO card comes at the same time as an August 2021 [[Nature]] study “calling for ‘carbon allowances’ that would monitor individuals’ CO2 emissions through smart meters and tracking apps.”<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00756-w</ref>
  
* In July 2019, ''[[WIRED|Wired]]'' reported that there existed misconceptions regarding the Social Credit System of China. It argued that "Western concerns about what ''could'' happen with China’s Social Credit System have in some ways outstripped discussions about what's already really occurring...The exaggerated portrayals may also help to downplay surveillance efforts in other parts of the world." The rise of misconception, according to Jeremy Daum of [[Yale University]], is contributed by translation errors, the difference in word usage, and so on.<ref name="scs_explained">https://www.wired.com/story/china-social-credit-score-system/</ref>
 
* In May 2019, ''Logic'' published an article by Shazeda Ahmed, who argued that "[f]oreign media has distorted the social credit system into a technological dystopia far removed from what is actually happening in China." She pointed out that common misconceptions included the beliefs that surveillance data is connected with a centralized database; that human activities online and offline are assigned with actual values that can be deducted, and that every citizen in China has a numerical score that is calculated by computer algorithm.<ref name="logic">https://logicmag.io/china/the-messy-truth-about-social-credit/</ref>
 
* In March and February, 2019, ''[[MIT Technology Review]]'' stated that, "[i]n the West, the system is highly controversial, and often portrayed as an AI-powered surveillance regime that violates human rights''.''"<ref>https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613070/chinas-social-credit-system-stopped-millions-of-people-buying-travel-tickets/</ref> However, the magazine reported that "many scholars argue that social credit scores won’t have the wide-scale controlling effect presumed...the system acts more as a tool of propaganda than a tool of enforcement", and that "[o]thers point out that it is simply an extension of Chinese culture’s long tradition of promoting good moral behavior and that Chinese citizens have a completely different perspective on privacy and freedom."<ref>https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613027/chinas-social-credit-system-isnt-as-orwellian-as-it-sounds/</ref>
 
* In November 2018, ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' listed some factors which contributed to the misconception of China's credit system. The potential factors included the scale and variety of the social credit system program and the difficulties of comprehensive reporting that comes with it.<ref name="fp_1806">https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/16/chinas-orwellian-social-credit-score-isnt-real</ref>
 
* In May 2018, Rogier Creemers of [[Leiden University]] stated that despite the Chinese government's intentions of utilizing big data and [[artificial intelligence]], the regulatory method of SCS remained relatively crude. His research concluded that it is "... perhaps more accurate to conceive of the SCS as an ecosystem of initiatives broadly sharing a similar underlying logic, than a fully unified and integrated machine for social control."<ref name="creemers">https://doi.org/10.2139%2Fssrn.3175792</ref>
 
* In March 2021, ''[[The Diplomat]]'' remarks that the assumption of Social Credit System being an Orwellian surveillance system held by Western observers exaggerates the reality and purpose of the system in real life. Despite the claim, the social credit system is "an extension of bond issuance risk assessment credit ratings introduced in China in the 1980s" and primarily serves the function of a financial risk assessment tool.<ref name="diplomat_2103">https://archive.is/UkUIO#selection-1435.0-1439.100</ref>
 
  
 
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A system of reward and punishment mechanisms for the government to control its citizens.

A system of reward and punishment mechanisms for the government to control its citizens. The system is based on data collection, surveillance and combination of databases (including social media), leading to a final score, which resembles Facebook likes. Except, if nobody 'likes' you, you won't be able to fly, ride a train and you pay higher taxes.

With the introduction of vaccine passports the supranational deep state has essentially introduced a global social credit system starting in 2021.

Carbon limit reached

Transaction denied Carbon limit reached.jpg

The companu Doconomy together with Mastercard and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) created a credit card that works hand-in-hand with a phone app, launched in April 2019, that quantifies the CO₂ emissions generated from each credit card transaction, setting monthly CO2 limits – ensuring your carbon footprint is cut by 50 per cent – it will literally deny cardholders from spending once they have used up their allowance. Every purchase has a carbon footprint attached, which is displayed on the Doconomy app.[1]

"The core purpose is the ability, not only to measure the impact of your consumption, but also to bring it to a direct halt,” the company stated. The website currently features a sneak peek of the message the card user will be met with as soon as they hit their carbon max, warning: “Transaction denied! Carbon limit reached.”[1][2]

The DO card comes at the same time as an August 2021 Nature study “calling for ‘carbon allowances’ that would monitor individuals’ CO2 emissions through smart meters and tracking apps.”[3]


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