Authoritarianism

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  1. Hi, My name is Jordan, and welcome to my presentation
  2. on authoritarianism specifically in China and how the government rules
  3. it's people to start off.
  4. Let's talk about facial recognition.
  5. We all know that here facial recognition is primarily used
  6. just to unlock your phone.
  7. But in China it's being used for bank transactions, checking
  8. into the airport, paying for goods, all using just your
  9. face. About 570 million of the surveillance cameras are being
  10. placed around the city to analyze the Chinese citizens everyday
  11. moves. The government says it's to create a safer and
  12. healthier city for pros.
  13. For one, it's to prevent stealing.
  14. For example, every shore you go into, you first have
  15. to check in.
  16. You see your face that way, something is stolen.
  17. People no, who's been in the store and at what
  18. times. It's also for improved security, say a suspect is
  19. on the loose in the city.
  20. The facial recognition is looking at every single person who
  21. looks like that suspect.
  22. That way, they confined where they are sooner.
  23. It's also supposed to be safer for citizens, for example,
  24. in trucks, facial recognition cameras are being placed in front
  25. of the drivers and if they show any signs of
  26. tiredness or being worn out, they're going to get a
  27. call that says, Take a rest before you keep driving
  28. just to be safe.
  29. Yeah, this is what it looks like from the cameras
  30. point of view, tracking every single person and looking at
  31. their faces.
  32. Next, let's talk about the cons.
  33. For one, the citizens have no privacy.
  34. Your everyday move is being tracked, and you're only going
  35. to do what the government wants you to dio.
  36. It's also used to attract minority groups and place them
  37. in concentration camps where they are tortured and killed, which
  38. is absolutely horrible.
  39. And it's also used for shaming.
  40. Say you jaywalk one day just because you need to
  41. get somewhere, you are gonna be placed on a billboard
  42. because the cameras are going to catch you and you
  43. are going to be labeled as a violator.
  44. So let's see how this rose China again.
  45. It's tracking everything people do.
  46. You're not going to do something wrong, because if you
  47. do, it's caught on camera and the government isn't gonna
  48. like you.
  49. It's shaming people into doing the right thing.
  50. It's no longer your choice to the right thing.
  51. It's because if you don't you're being shamed so morally.
  52. I definitely think this is wrong, very detrimental to the
  53. citizens. You are basically not free anymore to do what
  54. you want, because the government is looking at you all
  55. day. But from the Chinese government's point of view, it's
  56. definitely a smart move, keeping them in check, doing on
  57. Lee what they want them to be doing.
  58. Now let's take a look at the social credit score.
  59. It's basically a score citizens are given based on their
  60. habits and behavior.
  61. So whatever you dio is either going to negatively or
  62. positively affect your score.
  63. It's a score from 3 52 9 50.
  64. These are some girls showing their score on their phones,
  65. and your score is docked for everyday things like littering,
  66. Messi, yards and gossiping.
  67. Let's talk about now the pros.
  68. So again, this pushes people, be better citizens, you want
  69. good score, so you're not gonna have a messy yard,
  70. and you're not going to gossip because you want that
  71. score to go up because that means we're gonna have
  72. discounts, better interest rates, travel deals.
  73. The government is going to reward you with cheap plane
  74. tickets and discounts on things like bike rentals and food.
  75. Um, jobs are also being given to people to report
  76. others in the community for good things and bad things.
  77. And the good people who are reported are placed on
  78. signs to show how good of citizens they are.
  79. But of course there are cons.
  80. People are being publicly shamed.
  81. If you have a messy yard, you might be going
  82. to look at the news and they're your yard is
  83. with your face on the local news for everybody to
  84. see. A bad score is going to give you slow
  85. Internet. You can't get your work done.
  86. If you have a bad score, your kids are going
  87. to be banned from the best schools, and you're not
  88. going to get good jobs because nobody wants someone with
  89. a bad score to work for them.
  90. The government is also going to place you on their
  91. black list, so those cameras around the city are going
  92. to be watching you specifically every single day.
  93. Now let's see how this roles China.
  94. So of course, if you buy clothes or food the
  95. necessities, you're gonna have a good score because that's what
  96. the government wants you to buy.
  97. But if you're flying a lot of alcohol or too
  98. much entertainment such as video games, you're gonna have a
  99. bad score because those are seen as bad things.
  100. So for society again, this is very bad.
  101. It definitely reminds me of the episode of Black Mirror,
  102. where she literally goes insane.
  103. I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese citizens did to
  104. sooner or later, but from the government's point of view
  105. again, it is very smart.
  106. They're keeping their citizens income in their control, so thank
  107. you for watching my presentation.