Is China’s Social Credit System A Preview Of The Coming “Mark of the Beast System”?

The Economic Collapse ^ | 02/20/2019 | Michael Snyder

[SeekAndFind]

Virtually everything that you do online and offline is being monitored, tracked or recorded by someone. Could you imagine what life would be like if the government compiled all of that information into a giant database and used it to punish those that had engaged in politically-incorrect behavior? Here in the United States, Internet censorship has escalated dramatically, but over in China the government is cracking down on a much wider array of online and offline activities. If you fail to make a credit card payment, get into an argument in public or say the wrong thing on social media, you could suddenly find yourself restricted from conducting a whole host of normal economic activities. The primary marketing slogan for this social credit system is “once discredited, everywhere restricted”…

China’s social credit system rates citizens based on their daily behaviour, and this could range from their bank credit to their social media activities.

With a tagline of ‘once discredited, everywhere restricted’, it vows to punish ‘untrustworthy’ citizens in as many ways as possible.

This system sounds like something right out of a George Orwell novel, and even entire businesses can be penalized. In fact, it is being reported that 3.59 million Chinese businesses were added to “the official creditworthiness blacklist” last year. The following comes from the South China Morning Post…

Over 3.59 million Chinese enterprises were added to the official creditworthiness blacklist last year, banning them from a series of activities, including bidding on projects, accessing security markets, taking part in land auctions and issuing corporate bonds, according to the 2018 annual report released by the National Public Credit Information Centre.

On top of that, millions of ordinary Chinese citizens were restricted from flying and riding on trains last year for engaging in “untrustworthy conduct”…

According to the report, the authorities collected over 14.21 million pieces of information on the “untrustworthy conduct” of individuals and businesses, including charges of swindling customers, failing to repay loans, illegal fund collection, false and misleading advertising, as well as uncivilised behaviour such as taking reserved seats on trains or causing trouble in hospitals.

About 17.46 million “discredited” people were restricted from buying plane tickets and 5.47 million were restricted from purchasing high-speed train tickets, the report said.

In other words, the Chinese government is banning enormous numbers of people from engaging in normal economic activities because they did something that the government does not like.

This sounds eerily similar to the economic restrictions that the Bible says will be imposed someday upon those that refuse to participate in the coming beast system. This is what Revelation 13:16-18 says in the Modern English Version…

¹⁶ He causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, ¹⁷ so that no one may buy or sell, except he who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.

¹⁸ Here is a call for wisdom: Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast. It is the number of a man. His number is six hundred and sixty-six.

All over the world, governments are taking more control over the daily lives of their citizens, and most freedom-loving people are greatly alarmed by this growing trend.

But many others are actually embracing the changes. In fact, Bloomberg is reporting that China’s new social credit system is becoming “quite popular”…

It’s chilling, dystopian — and likely to be quite popular. Chinese have already embraced a whole range of private and government systems that gather, aggregate and distribute records of digital and offline behavior. Depicted outside of China as a creepy digital panopticon, this network of so-called social-credit systems is seen within China as a means to generate something the country sorely lacks: trust. For that, perpetual surveillance and the loss of privacy are a small price to pay.

Of course any Chinese citizen that dares to criticize the new system could suddenly lose their travel privileges (or worse), and so there is certainly a very strong incentive to say “the right thing” to western reporters.

As China’s system develops, it is inevitable that other nations will want to copy it. If you can get everyone in an entire country to fear that they are constantly being watched and that if they do “the wrong thing” they will be quickly punished, then you suddenly have a very powerful behavioral tool that can radically transform a society. It would basically be a dream come true for control freak politicians everywhere, and this kind of system would open the door for the worst kinds of tyranny.

And someday we could even see such a system implemented in the United States. In fact, former DHS head Michael Chertoff says that such a system is already starting to develop…

Chertoff, who now runs the security consulting company The Chertoff Group, says there are already glimpses of social scoring here in the United States.

“We’re beginning to see it already where insurance companies affect your premium based on whether you’re eating healthy, getting a good night’s sleep or getting enough exercise,” he said, adding that the need for Congress to act is urgent.

But Chertoff said the emphasis needs to change from how do we keep things confidential, and instead pass laws that focus on who controls the data once it’s been generated.

Everybody wants an orderly society, but we should never sacrifice our basic liberties and freedoms in a desperate attempt to get more safety and security.

This social credit system may be making Chinese citizens safer and more secure, but in the process their entire nation is being turned into a dystopian hell from which there will be no escape.

And unless we stand up and fight against this trend, it is only a matter of time before we have such a system too.

If George Orwell could see what we have become, he would be rolling over in his grave.

About the author: Michael Snyder is a nationally-syndicated writer, media personality and political activist. He is the author of four books including Get Prepared Now, The Beginning Of The End and Living A Life That Really Matters. His articles are originally published on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News. From there, his articles are republished on dozens of other prominent websites. If you would like to republish his articles, please feel free to do so. The more people that see this information the better, and we need to wake more people up while there is still time.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yes this is a preview of what we could see in this country.

When it become so easy to collect information about all of us, and have readily available in a database, certain people will decide to use that information against us.

As China is a totalitarian country, it’s easy for them to go there. But it could happen here eventually too. Since the technology exists, the desire to use it against political enemies or other “undesirables”, will be there.

[dmcnash]

It’s already here in the form of your FICO score which is used for many things besides loan rates like insurance rates and employment. Combine it with your health records, social media history and so on and here we go.

[aquila48]

They probably got their ideas from our credit reporting bureaus, and our censoring overseers like Twitter, Google, Facebook, etc.

[SoCal Pubbie]

My credit rating was destroyed in 2009 when the company I worked for closed. I wasn’t fired or laid off. The doors were closed. Unable to find a job and without funds to rebuild the modest business I had before, I fell behind on loans and other accounts. It’s been a decade long struggle.

I’ve often wondered if one reason I wouldn’t even get interviews, let alone job offers, was my credit score.

[Alberta's Child]

"We're beginning to see it already where insurance companies affect your premium based on whether you're eating healthy, getting a good night's sleep or getting enough exercise," he said, adding that the need for Congress to act is urgent.

This guy is an 'effing moron.

This is called underwriting insurance coverage based on risk factors, dude.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yes very true, this social credit score China is using, is the same concept as the FICO score. So we are already halfway there. China has just taken the concept a few steps farther.

[himno hero]

and then bend in some “wholesome” UN and EU.
(That is UN of Islam, wannabe caliphate kings)

[Maranatha7757]

It is already happening. See the Chase Bank deny service to conservatives article about 2 hours ago

[GraceG]

No system is perfect, if it is digital it can be hacked, and payback is a b!tch!

[amorphous]

Our 9 digit SSN is what the "Mark of the Beast" prophecy is about, IMO. In those days, they were big on adding numbers together in kind of a code system.

666 = 6+6+6 = 18 = 1+8 = 9, our US SSN.

The prophecy:

Revelation 13:18 KJV Context

15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man (emphasis mine); and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

A Social Security number is important because you need it to get a job, collect Social Security benefits and get some other government services.

https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/

I don't know which country was the first to use a numbering system for its citizens, but nowadays, practically every country in the world has something similar to our number system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identification_number

no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark Rev. 13:17

Today, this is true worldwide!

For all nations have drunk of the wine... Rev. 18:3

As for the Chinese "Credit System", it's just another metric tacked onto the number system already in place.

Many prophecies have and are being fulfilled at this time.

[webheart]

Google has been sharpening their technology in the Chinese market where it is expected that authorities will have intimate access to all data no matter how trivial. Technology leads to new applications.

[GOPJ]

He causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 so that no one may buy or sell, except he who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Every tool known to man can be used for good or evil... But yeah, this system - if used in the pursuit of evil is "the one" ... At this point in time the Chinese are still using it for social control/lite... I would be much more concerned about our 'progressives' having access to this type of power.

[OrangeHoof]

Once that “chip” on your debit card is implanted on your forehead or hand, the Banks/Government will be able to deny you the ability to “buy or sell”. The Chinese system is an offshoot of this. It’s coming and they will try to sell you on the convenience of it when, in truth, it’s a tool to eventually control you.

[Drew68]

Organizing Big Tech into a quasi-governmental institution with unwavering allegiance to the Democratic Party was Barack Obama’s crowning achievement as President.

[unlearner]

Imagine trying to survive today without electronic banking, smart phones, or Internet access. Imagine if we could not access the goods or services of any business that used these technologies. We are already very entangled in the system which will eventually be controlled by the antichrist.

[catbertz]

I’ve read that some employers/head hunting agencies look at credit and social media activities as part of screening, so you may be right about your experience.

[SaveFerris]

This find by RWC from the other day

[SaveFerris]

When the real Mark of the Beast comes, one must pledge their allegiance to the Beast, the Antichrist.

But you are correct, the basis for all of it is pretty much here.

The world is just about to catch up to the announcement of 7 years of Middle East peace that divides Israel. Halfway through that, the Mark of the Beast. Then shall be Great Tribulation.....

(btw see the pic posted in the thread)

[SaveFerris]

I have been experiencing virtually the same thing he has.

No one who has not been down that road understands. No one truly understands. It has to be experienced to be believed and then you wish you weren’t personally familiar with it.