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That's a propaganda you fell for. From the wiki page you linked

> There have been widespread misconceptions in media reports about a unified social credit "score" based on individuals' behavior, leading to punishments if the score is too low or rewards if the score is high.

And America doesn't? Palantir, Ring and Flock Safety say hi.

In the US, the government still uses technology to control you, but you don't get convenient tax filing either.

Even if that is so, and surveilance capitalism is why the GPDR consent requests on half the websites I visit claim to have more "trusted partners" than there were pupils and staff combined in my seconday school, China are still ahead on those things.