1/ Before we get to far into the dystopic end of this, it's worth discussion how much we apply the same concepts in our own society. For example, to get into college, high school students do volunteer work because it looks good on their application.
2/ The federal government runs a large part of our economy. Over 1.2 million people have "clearance" as a prerequisite of working directly/indirectly for the government. This involves a background check, or the same score Beijing tracks.
3/ You, voters, and politicians are demanding social media sites track this, not just for censorship, but punishment to force self-censorship.
4/ More and more people are demand government IDs as a condition. We do that now as a condition to travel. Many want it as a condition for Internet access -- so that they can track you. Already Facebook requires real IDs.
5/ Almost everyone believes in social control, where it's always the "others" who should be controlled, even as they resist control over their own selves.
6/ Yes, we should vehemently defend trans rights, but no,, Twitter's new ToS is on permabanning people for "misgendering" is as dystopian as anything China has proposed:
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7/ The first is about promoting freedom, the other clearly is about removing freedom. It's an Orwellian morphing of what it is you are fighting for.
