If technocracy is not studied it may be difficult to understand how it works and affects everyone, but China offers a clue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While China is often perceived as a communist<\/a> state, it is really run by one political party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP<\/a>). The CCP controls everything and dissent is not tolerated, no opposition parties are allowed, and those who are critical of the government can be persecuted. The political structure<\/a> has several layers and commands unity resulting in a centralized government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n China’s transition to using technocracy as a tool for social control began in the 1980’s, waned briefly, then again increased<\/a> with President Xi Jinping<\/a> since 2013. As technology has advanced over the last decade, so has technocracy been rejuvenated in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So much for an extremely brief summation of China and its integration of technocracy. The real grit of the matter is how it can be understood on a personal level. Under China’s social credit system<\/a>, technocracy is easily recognized. Based on data collected from surveillance of all types and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze it, it is a \u201cyou will comply<\/a>\u201c system as well as engineering humans to behave and think only in the way in which the government allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here we have a compliant CGTN reporter, Liu Chen<\/a>, who very happily explains<\/a> way back in 2014 how the social credit system works and the importance, and benefit, of compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n