• thetablesareorange
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    2 years ago

    my favorite thing about gold standard conspiracy theories is that when it was first introduced they claimed it was an evil plot by the jews to steal all our money. Then when they got rid of the gold standard they claimed the jews were getting rid of it, as a plot to steal all our money

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      2 years ago

      As far as I know Social Credit doesn’t even exist for civilians in any form, it was for businesses only.

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        From my understanding, it isnt even a business thing short of regulations and regulatory pressures on business.

        It would make more sense to say that China is coming up with ways to electronically track regulations in order to streamline it.

        Which is a god damned far cry from assuming China is docking your freedom of movement because you said Xi was an asshole in public and some pencil pusher heard it in ear shot and now you gotta bust rocks for a decade.