The part about “combining sensitive data from across the federal government” reminds me of China’s Social Credit Score, only real and for punishments.
> There has been a widespread misconception that China operates a nationwide and unitary social credit "score" based on individuals' behavior, leading to punishments if the score is too low. Media reports in the West have sometimes exaggerated or inaccurately described this concept.
After reading this article, this gives me the "1938 and onward" vibes of particular nation in EU. While the different sources and commentators try to sound official and legal, there are just odd parallels to the particular years I mention. History repeats itself I suppose, just against different groups at different times.
janice1999 · 4d ago
It was earlier, in 1933, that IBM profited by helping Hitler run the German census which was used to identify undesirables.
These persons could be doing so many things to really make America great and improve the world, but no, they will use their government funding to build SS / Stasi level shit...
> There has been a widespread misconception that China operates a nationwide and unitary social credit "score" based on individuals' behavior, leading to punishments if the score is too low. Media reports in the West have sometimes exaggerated or inaccurately described this concept.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
Edit: The article was flagged. Here is the link: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/doge-building-ma...