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> But poor people are not a source of corruption, because they don't have resources to corrupt officials Any policeman in a third-world country taking a random
by DocTomoe 5y ago
> But poor people are not a source of corruption, because they don't have resources to corrupt officials
Any policeman in a third-world country taking a random 10 dollars equivalent on the street from a random street vendor would disagree. Just because that kind of corruption hardly is world-changing does not mean it doesn't happen - I'd even wager that most global corruption is small-scale, low-amount by relatively poor people towards relatively low-ranking officials.
- boringg 5y agoAgree - and from statistics we know the long-end of the distribution tail (i.e. smaller impacts) in aggregate can have power. To be clear I am not disputing wealthy people can be corrupt I'm saying that it's widespread amongst humanity and not one group of individuals.
- yetihehe 5y agoGood argument. I think such bottom-level corruption is caused by top-level corruption and general demoralisation of society. When you have low-level worker who is corrupted, but higher-levels are moral, you can just denounce that one worker. If higher levels are also corrupt, you have no one to appeal to, so corruption thrives. So, fixing corruption from top should be first, but then low-level corruption should be stamped out as soon as possible.
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