American Totalitarianism Marches On
16th February 2024
While most people’s attention is focused on the dual crisis of America’s southern border and President Biden’s apparent brain freeze, they shouldn’t forget that over the last few months, the USA’s slide into a quasi-Marxist dystopia may be shifting into high gear. I’m basing this unpleasant conclusion on the following data points.
One is California governor Gavin Newsom’s proud introduction in California of his state’s Cradle-to-Grave Data Collection System (C2C), this clone of Communist China’s notorious Social Credit Score system began operation last October. California’s Office of the Governor’s homepage proudly boasts that since its launch, the C2C system has already scooped up more than 1 billion data points on all aspects of Californians’ lives and “will provide the public, researchers, and lawmakers unprecedented insight that could improve the education and quality of life for millions of Californians.”
And, according to Governor Newsom, C2C’s pervasive system of surveillance can, “By leveraging billions of data points, California’s Cradle-to-Career data system will be a game-changer for improving the quality of life for millions of Californians and highlighting ways to improve opportunity in the classroom and access to the workforce. Through insights and innovation only made possible by this system, the Golden State is leading the nation in equitably connecting our education system to the workforce to ensure every Californian has the freedom to succeed.”
I wonder if the good governor and Xi Jinping compared notes during Newsom’s October 2023 trip to China?