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Corruption is how Putin obtained and maintains order. It is regarded as a feature of Russian governance, but is likely to fail it in the case of actually provid
by anothernewdude 5y ago
Corruption is how Putin obtained and maintains order. It is regarded as a feature of Russian governance, but is likely to fail it in the case of actually providing the services a government is expected to. Why not the military as well?
- avgcorrection 5y agoWhy not the military as well? Because an autocrat is directly served by having a strong military? This should not need to be explained. An autocrat doesn’t have to care about corruption in the school system or the Department of Motor Vehicles, but he has good reason to care about corruption and incompetence in his military, just from a purely self-serving perspective.
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoOnly if the military aren't likely to pull a coup - look at Turkey, seems like a dictator getting too big for their boots and then knocked back by the military happens every decade or so there?
- rich_sasha 5y agoThe political elites of the military come from the same ranks as those for corrupt other areas of life. Soldiers in the armed forces, in any interaction outside of it, face corruption every day: semi-official bribe lists with local police forces, bribes for administrative procedures, medical and so on. In corrupt societies, it is hard to opt out of bribery since “market” forces balance out on the assumption that bribe giver can finance them partially through bribe taking. Cutting one leg off the trade makes it fail. I think it’s naive to believe you can build an island of meritocracy surrounded from all sides by a corrupt system.