If you've ever lived in a developing country for long enough, often you've thought "I wish people had some incentive to think about my safety/comfort, not just their own". Because they don't have that incentive, and for individuals there's no social pressure to think of "public" comfort.
Priorities are:
1. family
2. myself
3. friends
4. people who may recognize me on the street
The solution might be better education in school and through social programs, to build in a civic-minded or public-minded consciousness.
But the shortcut seems to be, "if you're a lousy member of society, we'll curb your social freedoms and put you on a list".
Is that creepy in the sense that it's invasive and "nanny state/big brother"? Absolutely.
Is that dark? Well it has to be weighed against the darkness of kids growing up in a society in which life is cheap, OSHA is an incomprehensible joke, and "me-first" is the only driving force for the average person on the street. That's pretty dark too.