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It Begins: Financial Giant Merrill Lynch Assigns “Environmental, Social and Governance” (ESG) Scores to Rate Customers Just Like the Chinese Communist Party (VIDEO)
The Gateway Pundit ^ | APRIL 11, 2021 | JIM HOFT

Posted on 04/11/2021 9:09:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

In 2018 Google helped the Chinese Communists develop a social credit scoring system. The scoring system, first announced in 2014, rates China’s one billion citizens based on their behavior and associations.

Already, nine million people with low scores have been blocked from buying tickets for domestic flights and trains.

As horrible as this sounds the Silicon Valley tech giants are using a similar system here in the United States.

It is clear these tech giants are colluding to target certain prominent conservatives.

And Facebook is using offline behavior to factor into their scoring system.
In 2019 Breitbart’s Allum Bokhari revealed that Facebook is using a similar social credit scoring system on Americans.

This is no surprise to those who have noticed the growing intolerance by big tech to conservative thought leaders and publishers.

Justin Haskins discusses the new Merril Lynch “ESG Customer Scores” with Glenn.

But it’s not just the tech giants.
Now financial giant Merrill Lynch is assigning an Orwellian Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) score to their customers.

Justin Haskins from The Heartland Institute joined Glenn Beck last week to discuss this shocking new development in the US financial world.


(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bigtech; finance; merrilllynch; socialscore

1 posted on 04/11/2021 9:09:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We’re in the mortgage business, and I told my wife not too long ago that it’s possible this social credit score crap may affect us in the future.

I can certainly see them adding a question to the mortgage application asking if the homeowner owns guns, or plans to have guns in the household. Answering yes could give lenders reason to deny the loan, and since they’re private businesses I’m not sure it would be illegal. They’re already denying credit to gun and ammo manufacturers, so I can easily see them denying credit to gun-owning consumers.


2 posted on 04/11/2021 9:16:25 AM PDT by AnglePark
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Akin to IBM helping the Nazis with tabulation solutions in counting, classifying the Jews.....


3 posted on 04/11/2021 9:17:16 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: AnglePark

Fweeeeeeee market......weeeee


4 posted on 04/11/2021 9:17:17 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: AnglePark
Now add the following question:

Do you consider yourself a Christian?

5 posted on 04/11/2021 9:18:06 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Add them to your boycott list.


6 posted on 04/11/2021 9:20:00 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
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To: ealgeone

In a sane world the cake shop case should put that one to rest — the rule of reciprocity should apply. In a sane world.

If you can force a cake shop owner to make a cake, against his religion, you can force a bank to do business with Christians. Or gun owners. Or gun manufacturers. But we don’t live in a sane world. Or we don’t have anyone using this argument and fighting hard enough.


7 posted on 04/11/2021 9:20:44 AM PDT by AnglePark
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That leaves the field open for new financial interests to arise who are not going to game people.


8 posted on 04/11/2021 9:23:16 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: jmaroneps37

BofA owns Merrill now after the crash dive of 98.


9 posted on 04/11/2021 9:25:34 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: AnglePark
... social credit score crap may affect us in the future.

You misspelled Will ...

10 posted on 04/11/2021 9:33:57 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m 68. I own no real estate, no cars, no loans.

I’m a disabled veteran.

Your scorings mean nothing to me.


11 posted on 04/11/2021 9:35:52 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: AnglePark

But we don’t live in a sane world. Or we don’t have anyone using this argument and fighting hard enough.


We live in a post-constitutional country. It’s that simple. Our rights have been trampled for the last five years and our elected leaders couldn’t care less.


12 posted on 04/11/2021 9:39:18 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: ealgeone

Discrimination in lending based on religion is prohibited by Federal law. Any competent lawyer could chew them up & spit them out if they tried it.


13 posted on 04/11/2021 10:15:11 AM PDT by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: Campion
20 years ago I'd 100% say you're right.

However, in light of how things are going right now and with Roberts siding with the libs on SCOTUS....all bets are off right now.

Look at the recent ruling on churches in CA...what should have been at least a 6-3 decision was 5-4 with Roberts siding with the libs.

14 posted on 04/11/2021 11:27:52 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Merrill Lynch is assigning an Orwellian Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) score”

more garbage from GP & Glenn Beck:the ESG scores by ML rank corporations (not customers) and are for the purpose assuaging woke investment customers:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Merrill+Lynch+Environmental+Social+and+Governance+%28ESG%29+score


15 posted on 04/11/2021 12:59:14 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

Sure, they’ll start with the corporations first to work out the kinks, before working its way to individuals.


16 posted on 04/11/2021 1:02:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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