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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.