🇨🇳 Tens of thousands of young Chinese people are becoming homeless, Because they are Blacklisted by Social Credit System.
Once you are blacklisted, the digital wallet WeChat immediately bans you from spending your own digital money, or receiving salary..So you become homeless😭
🇨🇳 In China, you can get Blacklisted by Social Credit System for
①violating one-child policy (before 2021)
②speaking out against government on social media
③refusing to get vaccinated
④participating in protesting, petition or strike
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🇨🇳 In China, participating in protesting, petition or strike can lose you 100 social credit points, and get you Blacklisted.
A single social media post that criticizes Chinese government can lose you 50 points, and get you Blacklisted too.
The danger of cashless society is not only authority can stop you from spending your digital money, But also they can stop you from earning digital money.
Once you are blacklisted by Social Credit System, you are banned from using digital wallet WeChat to receive salary.
——This makes it hard for you to find a job to make a living. That's why tens of thousands Blacklisted people are becoming homeless.
Fun fact: you can earn 4 social credit points for getting vaccinated, while lose 50 points for a single social media post that deemed disinformation in China.
You can also earn 20 points for reporting your neighbor as a suspect.
Now, Chinese people (in Rongcheng city) with the highest social credit rating, the 'AAA' rating, are lining up to get free groceries (sweet potatoes) from the government-run grocery store.
Meanwhile tens of thousands Chinese people with the lowest social credit rating, the 'D' rating, (hence they are blacklisted) are becoming homeless.
Because once you are blacklisted, you are immediately cut off from banking and digital wallet.
——This makes it hard for you to find a job to make a living.
Chinese 15-Minute cities are open air prisons. Cameras are everywhere and they are easy to lockdown.
Facial recognition is mandatory to enter and leave your neighborhood zone.
A special permit issued by the government is required if your friends want to visit you.