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>>Corruption may be a problem in the US too, but, having lived here for a decade, I can assure you I've never been asked nor offered a single bribe. Not being

>>Corruption may be a problem in the US too, but, having lived here for a decade, I can assure you I've never been asked nor offered a single bribe. Not being asked for bribe is not necessarily absence of corruption. For a crash course on How Real world corruption works. Great place to start is https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/c84bp/how_realworld_corruption_works/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/c84bp/how_realwo... >>Corruption doesn't affect the common man directly here. Incorrect. Read the link above >>In any case: just because it's in some other country, makes it all right to do it in India, right? am 99.99% sure poster is not suggesting it is right thing. Hust saying it is not an India only problem and that it exists everywhere.

1024core 11y ago
>> Not being asked for bribe is not necessarily absence of corruption. For a crash course on How Real world corruption works. Great place to start is https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/c84bp/how_realwo.. https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/c84bp/how_realwo.... Having in lived in India most of my life, I don't need to read an Economist article to find out what corruption is. Want to get a passport? Pay a bribe. Want to construct an addition to you house? Pay a bribe (or just do it illegally). The list goes on. In countries like US, Sweden, Canada, etc at least you're not hammered with corruption requests in your day-to-day existence.
- kalyanganjam 11y ago
  What you are describing is bribery. Corruption is a closely related and slightly different thing.
  - dragonwriter 11y ago
    Bribery is a form of corruption.
    - kalyanganjam 11y ago
      >Bribery is a form of corruption. Agreed By "Corruption is a closely related and slightly different thing" I meant the same thing. My point is non existence of bribery does not automatically translate to no corruption.

1024core 11y ago

>> Not being asked for bribe is not necessarily absence of corruption. For a crash course on How Real world corruption works. Great place to start is https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/c84bp/how_realwo.. https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/c84bp/how_realwo.... Having in lived in India most of my life, I don't need to read an Economist article to find out what corruption is. Want to get a passport? Pay a bribe. Want to construct an addition to you house? Pay a bribe (or just do it illegally). The list goes on. In countries like US, Sweden, Canada, etc at least you're not hammered with corruption requests in your day-to-day existence.

kalyanganjam 11y ago
What you are describing is bribery. Corruption is a closely related and slightly different thing.
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  Bribery is a form of corruption.
  - kalyanganjam 11y ago
    >Bribery is a form of corruption. Agreed By "Corruption is a closely related and slightly different thing" I meant the same thing. My point is non existence of bribery does not automatically translate to no corruption.