No, they saw that and thought it'd be a great idea to introduce a broken system with a centrally managed algorithm they'll never be able to get to work.
No, they thought that the credit score system where every institution that I freely and voluntarily transact with gives me a score between 1 to 5, and is used to determine my employment, whether or not I am allowed to live in an apartment, how much I have to pay for bail, how long I am sentenced for if I commit a crime, whether or not I can buy a house... Is a good idea.
Whattaboutism doesn’t argue against the fact that the Chinese plan includes social measures, like your expressed political thought. They are both alarming- this one more so.
There are many reasons, but for one, it’s because free speech is how people who are harmed by something can peacefully argue to change the system, and without it, the power structure ossifies and becomes inflexible to the needs of political minorities.
No, but you can be denied a place to live or a means to make a living. [1]
Not to mention the life-long mark of Cain that you get if you, heaven forbid, are convicted of a crime. Sorry, but we don't hire/lend to/do business with ex-cons.
[1] You can also be arbitrarily denied boarding an airplane in the United States because your name ended up on a no-fly list. You have practically no legal recourse for getting yourself removed from it.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive