> The other, Often overlooked layer is the fact that running a dystopian state is uneconomical.
How so?
Only example I can think of is China’s Social Credit system denying loans and traveling permissions to people with a low score - where said score is dependent on your compliance with the whims of the CCP; instead of being dependent on the credit worthiness of the person.
Said person won’t be able to grow his/her business as effectively, reducing his/her company’s competitiveness.
iirc the stasi employed half the population to report on the other half of the population. Thats a lot of wasted money and labor. It simply isn't a sustainable system.
Chinas social credit is a perfect example of what I mean. technology is making it more and more practical to actually enforce restrictions on civil liberties down to the granular level.
How so?
Only example I can think of is China’s Social Credit system denying loans and traveling permissions to people with a low score - where said score is dependent on your compliance with the whims of the CCP; instead of being dependent on the credit worthiness of the person.
Said person won’t be able to grow his/her business as effectively, reducing his/her company’s competitiveness.