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I think a lot of Americans are still in the world war 2 generation mindset about the US being corruption-free. The truth is that corruption at every level has g
by sthnblllII 6y ago
I think a lot of Americans are still in the world war 2 generation mindset about the US being corruption-free. The truth is that corruption at every level has gotten steadily worse throughout the last century, but the culture hasn’t yet changed to be vigilant of it, probably because most Americans are very honest themselves.
- renewiltord 6y agoI think that's it, honestly. I think this relatively high-trust culture that Americans have actually makes the society pretty efficient and it's much more pleasant to live in. But it has none of the anti-bodies to the kind of cynical corruption that many other countries find endemic. And so when it came here, America had no defence. Because the host is still so healthy, it still doesn't realize it is carrying this parasite. It'll be interesting to see what happens when the host becomes unhealthy.