What are some ways that Merton's Social Strain Theory affects us in 2021? This can be more personal but generalization would be best!

According to the article,"social credit" is question 3 options: an experiment to people talk on-line a farming experiment that hurt people under mao ze dong using someone else's data from the internet, to give or take away things such as the right to buy an airline ticket a credit you get in china for having friends in real life, and not just on social media