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The more technology progresses in our ultracapitalist environment (and even some ultrasocialist ones like China), the more people are forced to become Luddite self-sustainable hermits in the middle of nowhere for their own good. It's not even to not buy a car - even something as simple as taking a bus or a train or even a pair of shoes is poised to become a privacy nightmare sooner or later.
There is nothing socialist about China.
Its flag is red
Public transit in my area already has cameras with facial recognition and tagging. It's not even a good public transit system, too.