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> Or where they can split the gains with a corrupt official in exchange for free power... Has this happened before? It sounds bizarre and Googling gave me noth

by bgee 9y ago

> Or where they can split the gains with a corrupt official in exchange for free power... Has this happened before? It sounds bizarre and Googling gave me nothing.

hello_newman 9y ago
In China, everything has a price...
- vm 9y ago
  Every country has corruption, both illegal and legal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy
  - adventured 9y ago
    The bottom 150-160 countries in terms of corruption are extraordinarily corrupt compared to the top few dozen that are the least corrupt. The gap between New Zealand or Denmark, two of the least corrupt nations, and Croatia or Hungary, is night and day. There is a dramatic acceleration of corruption after you get outside of that general top 30-40 group. Your statement is an equivocation, when in actuality the level of corruption often varies dramatically from nation to nation. Saying every country has corruption is meaningless as such. https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016 https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_percept...
  - zero_intp 9y ago
    Hello poster, it would help to add to your comment. Without additional detail it seems like whataboutism.
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robocat 9y ago
It happens with streetlights in Belgium: https://nytimes.com/2017/12/12/world/europe/belgium-electricity.html https://nytimes.com/2017/12/12/world/europe/belgium-electric... “Streetlight consumption translates into profits for electricity producers, distributors and the state, he said. The profits of electricity distribution companies are paid out ‘in dividends to the local municipalities that own shares in them, and in salaries and stipends to the local politicians who sit on their oversight boards,’ he explained.“
moz23 9y ago
Well, there are things like the US prison system, US telecommunications, US military industry, etc., etc., that would give you lots of good results.

by bgee 9y ago

> Or where they can split the gains with a corrupt official in exchange for free power... Has this happened before? It sounds bizarre and Googling gave me nothing.

hello_newman 9y ago

In China, everything has a price...

vm 9y ago
Every country has corruption, both illegal and legal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy
- adventured 9y ago
  The bottom 150-160 countries in terms of corruption are extraordinarily corrupt compared to the top few dozen that are the least corrupt. The gap between New Zealand or Denmark, two of the least corrupt nations, and Croatia or Hungary, is night and day. There is a dramatic acceleration of corruption after you get outside of that general top 30-40 group. Your statement is an equivocation, when in actuality the level of corruption often varies dramatically from nation to nation. Saying every country has corruption is meaningless as such. https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016 https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_percept...
- zero_intp 9y ago
  Hello poster, it would help to add to your comment. Without additional detail it seems like whataboutism.

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robocat 9y ago

It happens with streetlights in Belgium: https://nytimes.com/2017/12/12/world/europe/belgium-electricity.html https://nytimes.com/2017/12/12/world/europe/belgium-electric... “Streetlight consumption translates into profits for electricity producers, distributors and the state, he said. The profits of electricity distribution companies are paid out ‘in dividends to the local municipalities that own shares in them, and in salaries and stipends to the local politicians who sit on their oversight boards,’ he explained.“

moz23 9y ago

Well, there are things like the US prison system, US telecommunications, US military industry, etc., etc., that would give you lots of good results.