I don't know who downvoted this but come on. jariel has a point and it's not going away because we bury our heads in the sand. At a basic level I think it fall

I don't know who downvoted this but come on. jariel has a point and it's not going away because we bury our heads in the sand. At a basic level I think it falls down to fundamentally different conceptions of what is a "business" versus individuals, families, organizations of many types. What we call "lie" and "theft" in the West might be innocuous or praised in the East (think "great poker player", "bold move"), and no regulation will make each side suddenly re-order their hierarchy of values, and the centennial legal system that surely goes with it. I don't know where the solution lies, if any, but that's one hell of a cultural clash. That is not the same as more coincidental, opportunistic bribery the likes of dictatorships or local lords, the chaos tax. That's more of a temporary friction that can (and should) be dealt with more swiftly — had we the global political will to do so. It's nowhere near as hard a problem as the above cultural matter. Edit: self-censored a bad initial