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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 59 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you have bad credit in the US, it prevents you from getting housing, or even renting an apartment.

As people posted to you several times, china's credit score exists to keep tabs on companies, and prevent excesses and corruption. Basic regulatory things that the US used to do in a few decades ago, but is now considered "authoritarian".

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And prevents from getting a car, the main mode of transport in the US. Talking about being able to ride a bus in the US is comical.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago

Talking about being able to ride a bus in the US is comical.

Depends where you live. It's much more doable in the densest urban areas than it is somewhere rural. I have a friend who lives in Boston for example and he doesn't have a car, at all. Because Boston's mass transit is good enough for his routine needs. I can't do that here, however.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you have bad credit in the US, it prevents you from getting housing, or even renting an apartment.

it also prevents you from getting a job nowadays and more and more employers are insisting on it.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's kinda weird honestly, capitalists should like when the worker is in debt because then the worker would be more desperate to get a job and agree on worse conditions. not to mention entire system is set up to put workers into debts and thus prevent them from organising and instead forcing them to work more for less.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

it's another filter