social credit

See also: Social Credit

English

Noun

social credit (uncountable)

  1. (politics, economics) A political and economic philosophy originated by C. H. Douglas which envisages an "aristocracy of producers, serving and accredited by a democracy of consumers".[1]
  2. (politics) A system under which each person has a “social credit score”, affected by one's positive and negative actions in society, supposedly existing to rate people's conduct and justify granting or removal of rights. Also, the score itself.
    Thank you for your dedication to the People's Republic of China. +2500 social credit.
    (popular joke comment online)

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  1. ^ "Credit-Power and Democracy" by C.H. Douglas (1933); The Social Credit Press; Melbourne (Australia)
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