Thursday, September 5, 2019
Do you have enough social value to buy a gun?
The United States may be moving closer to a 'social credit score' system that will determine whether Americans qualify for certain rights, from buying a gun to health care.
A legislative aide to a Democrat U.S. senator spoke to KWOB under the protection of anonymity, saying that a system is being perfected behind closed doors to be revealed in the very near future.
Silicon Valley tech companies have been perfecting a system for years that has recently been revealed in major national news outlets.
China is currently implementing Social Credits as a way to restrict their massive population, and Democrat presidential candidate Andrew Yang is the first to step forward on an American version, suggesting it be used to ration government money to citizens who demonstrate social value.
The system works like this: anyone who uses social media in a way that promotes acceptable behavior, or engages in the defense of acceptable behavior, will be awarded a kind of credit similar to that of a FICO score.
"It's not fair that we have good citizens living in the inner city who, sure, they don't pay taxes or have a job, but they provide value in other ways," said Ralph Widener of Pasadena, California - an attendee of CNN's Wednesday evening Climate Town Hall forum featuring Democrat candidates for president.
Social credits can be stored and used to receive government subsidies, such as health care, or to earn government cash.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has stepped forward to embrace the plan.
"It's not fair that Chicago has to suffer with lack of opportunity and lack of jobs while other cities in Illinois prosper, this could level the playing field and encourage some Illinois residents to pay their fair share," Lightfoot said.
Lightfoot said that certain licensed activities, such as gun privileges or licensure of professional activities could be regulated and even halted based upon an individual's social credit score.
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