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ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
So obviously most of the news about this is in Chinese, but I wonder how much of the video is true verses exaggeration, either way the mandatory aspect is what makes this concerning.

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ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
They claim it will be mandatory by 2020, but I don't know where that claim comes from.

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

Fojar38 posted:

That sounds more like feudalism actually.

Well how would you describe the current status quo of the G8? Feudalism, or Capitalism

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
The way credit reporting works is pretty hosed up too, but that is for another thread. This is for a system of social control that has been gameified to make it more appealing.

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

Ddraig posted:

You see this post? It's the rhetorical equivalent of the Chinese anti-suicide net.

The Chinese are terrible in many, many ways - out of all of the criticisms to use against them, a lovely credit rating system is by far the least important. If you really want to make a difference in the average life of a Chinese person, instead of making hand-wringing "Isn't that terrible?" points you should probably focus on more important aspects like horrendous worker conditions fuelled by outsourcing and lovely trade agreements not being enforced or outright lied about.

Until then it's just putting a net up and not really looking into why people are jumping.

Compared to the Chinese how important is it that a game developed by someone who allegedly liked a neo-nazi page be unable to sell a game on steam?

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