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In th US, "bribing" politicians is actually legal. Large campaign donations are not illegal and occording to Citizens vs United, are protected free speech. As
by chrisbennet 9y ago
In th US, "bribing" politicians is actually legal. Large campaign donations are not illegal and occording to Citizens vs United, are protected free speech.
As far a white collar crime goes, if you are talking about banking when mention a "parasitic attack on the complexity of the modern economy", I think that bank lobbying has made things that you would hope people would go to jail for, legal or unenforceable.
Thankfully our President is going to "drain the swamp"... /s
- Houshalter 9y agoThat's not true at all. You certainly cant bribe politicians by giving them money directly. You cant even donate it to their campaign like you say. All you can do is donate to an organization they aren't affiliated with or agree to run ads on their behalf. That's not great, but its a lot different than normal corruption.
- chrisbennet 9y agoWhat I meant by "bribe" (notice the quotes), was that it isn't illegal to buy influence.