"There are no technological solutions to corruption, only political ones" Yes and no. It isn't politically easy to disadvantage an obviously better alternative

"There are no technological solutions to corruption, only political ones" Yes and no. It isn't politically easy to disadvantage an obviously better alternative that half of the world is using. Even the French government with its Minitel [1] had eventually to throw the towel in. And the Czech government, which used to be even more corrupt, still could not prevent slow unravelling of government-owned monopolies such as the Czech Telecom, Czech Railways, Czech Post etc. They had to adapt to the changing and more competitive world and shake off some of their bloat. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel