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So you link yo an article that explains exactly why this is problematic, and you're still saying it's because "China".

It's not. It's because of scale. If a similar system was being implemented in the US the shitstorm would be even bigger.

Tala is a whole other story, it is small scale and not mandatory. As it grows to the point where using it is expected or required it will face the same exact criticism.

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Taking out a mortgage in the US is not mandatory. Getting a loan for your business isn't either.

I get what you're saying, but I still sense some cognitive dissonance. If the US lets some hip start up build a social credit score and then just heavily buys into it, I think it will face less pushback than if they use a scary federal contractor to build the same score. I get the feeling that people think governments are intentionally evil.

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