This video takes clips from interviews conducted from multiple sources to hear positive feedback from Chinese Citizens about the social credit system.

The first video is linked here in its' entirety and the second here. However, it is suggested to just watch the shortened version on this site. In the others, you will hear things like "the government shouldn't use monitoring to impose on its citizens", "digital dictatorship", "many people will be deprived of individual freedoms", and "all of us will live with restriction of one kind or another". All aspects of society will have individuals that agree and disagree but the positive feedback is most encouraging!

In his text Experiencing Surveillance,  Feenberg discusses the effects of surveillance on an individual level. The type of social engineering that occurs when citizens are fixated on their actions being perceived as "right" will result in all citizens acting morally and as Feenberg says, "forming" into better people!

Heidegger's text, The Question Concerning Technology, discusses the essence of technology. He claims that technology brings out the truth. The technology within the social credit system is bringing China's society to a more truthful and honest society as a whole.

Dr. Xinyuan Wang from the European Research Council shares that when interviewing a Chinese Citizen about the system, they support the system because of their foundational belief in Karma. They say “People are doing things, and the sky (tian) is watching. The Karma system is the standardization of the relationship between human beings and supernatural powers" (Wang). Citizens look to supernatural powers and the government to help hold them to the accountability they wish to be held to. 

Confucianism has existed for over 2,500 years in China. Morality and respect for the community are held at the forefront of this philosophy. The Confucian belief that acting virtuously will result in a peaceful life is replicated in the credit system.

The United States, Canada, Germany, Austria, China, and the United Kingdom all use credit scores today.  Credit systems in society assign a numerical value to citizens based off of levels of debt, repayment history, amount of credit an individual has, and number of new credit accounts. A high score gives you a higher chance of being approved for a loan and determines what interest rate you will pay. All of these factors already take into account how money is spent and an individual's character in terms of reliability and trustworthiness. 

The first credit scoring model was introduced in 1958.  A financial score has survived and been deemed beneficial in society for six decades. Why not expand this to moral attributes overall, not just in terms of finances?