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"Clearly" is doing a lot of work in that sentence unless you've delved deeply into the approval process of this specific toilet. It's absolutely believable that

"Clearly" is doing a lot of work in that sentence unless you've delved deeply into the approval process of this specific toilet. It's absolutely believable that this is just produced by sclerotic bureaucracy.

nsxwolf 4y ago
What's the difference between bureaucracy and grift? All those 1.7 million dollars go into pockets, no?
- kfarr 4y ago
  Honestly it's a big difference. One is payroll and legal, the other is laundered and illegal and the feds regularly prosecute SF gov officials for this.
  - uoaei 4y ago
    I think you should spend more time in corrupt institutions, to better see how one forces the hand of the other in practice.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    The smartest grifters realize their life is a lot easier when the grift is entirely above board and legal.
- frereubu 4y ago
  In my definition, bureaucracy is unintentional, whereas grift is intentional. I subscribe to the view that in general these things are more likely to be due to cock-up than conspiracy. Not everyone is Robert Moses.