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Ah, a prime example of the infamous Bulgarian pessimism. Let me counter with some positive stuff: 1. For the first time in 10+ years the Bulgarian IT community
by phoronixrly 5y ago
Ah, a prime example of the infamous Bulgarian pessimism. Let me counter with some positive stuff:
1. For the first time in 10+ years the Bulgarian IT community is represented. To add to that, it's represented in both parliament and government. This is a huge change on its own.
2. For the first time in 10+ years there are new faces and young people (20 and 30-somethings) in the parliament and the government. Yes, this includes among many others, TV stars, musicians, artists. They are representing the people who voted for them and that I find is positive.
3. Fixing the broken e-gov, or starting anew, is indeed a hard task. That is why the local IT community needs to be positive and helpful. It's for the best of everyone and an important prerequisite to reducing corruption. This includes both administrative corruption (by reducing the number of people on administrative positions) and political corruption (by providing transparency through easing access to data and fostering public involvement in policymaking).
- nbzso 5y agoI have a first hand experience working with political parties and business entities in Bulgaria for more than two decades. Pessimism or optimism are states of illusion and tolerance non relevant to the reality of the situation. New faces don't change corrupt practices. Jail-time for corrupt politicians and related third parties can. But the Judicial System is full with corrupt judges with ties to Secret Service and criminal underground and EU is not making any efforts to change this. For the last 20 years there is not one representative, from any party, with proven corruption practices to serve jail time. All of this in country which is famous for one of the highest death rates in the world and one of the lowest standard of living in the EU. Sorry, for being a realist.
- EastSmith 5y ago> Jail-time for corrupt politicians and related third parties can This is not a fact, but a hypothesis, and probably wrong one. Higher punishment will most probably bring more corruption.
- nbzso 5y agoAgree. Higher punishment will. In Bulgaria they have "A lack of punishment".
- ridiculous_leke 5y agoWhy will I be more corrupt if I know that the eventual punishment is proportional to my corruption? On the contrary, I will be more than happy to augment the corruption if the punishment is not that harsh. I can serve the simple punishment and leave for another country with all the money stashed.
- necovek 5y agoIt's never as simple cut as that. You are completely discounting the risk of getting caught, which is something you can actively work against. If it wasn't, nobody would be committing (pre-meditated) murder any more, because that's got the toughest penalty (not really, but let's pretend for a bit) of all the crimes.
- 55555 5y agoI'm really very curious why you think this might be true. That sounds crazy to me.
- PoignardAzur 5y agoPeople who commit crimes act under the assumption they won't get caught. There's a body of literature showing that increasing the penalties of crime doesn't deter potential criminals.