Tipping an EMT is an example of low level corruption - the kind that comes with inadequate pay for government workers, lack of opportunities, etc. This is frig

Tipping an EMT is an example of low level corruption - the kind that comes with inadequate pay for government workers, lack of opportunities, etc. This is frightenly common in a lot of countries and culturally accepted as a kind of nuisance and fact of life. I can’t say why this kind of corruption isn’t prevalent in the west(yet), but I don’t think it’s a fair comparison to the kind of corruption OP was describing.