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The corruption is low among general population and low-level government offices. High business is very corrupt. Moreover, Germany used to have laws that didn't
by bitL 6y ago
The corruption is low among general population and low-level government offices. High business is very corrupt. Moreover, Germany used to have laws that didn't punish corruption abroad, so they exported massive corruption to Eastern Europe. If you see Eastern Europe as being corrupt, it's because of the sums that arrived there from the West - basically creating a friendly mafia.
- durnygbur 6y agoHaving witnessed "privatisation" during the 90s and 00s in post-Communist Europe, I know what you mean. "Capital has no nationality", they were seriously saying and printing this all over.
- bitL 6y agoGermany's behavior was listed in my globalization MBA course as an example of negative effects of globalization and why it is not perceived favorably in some countries, so I am curious how it looked from inside?
- burntoutfire 6y agoEastern bloc became extremely corrupted under the Soviet rule, so Western capital which arrived here was met with much eagerness the accept the bribes...