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The wrong way to think about bribery is as a calculated payoff. Instead it's a spur of the moment thing. You are headed home, tickets already paid for, and the
by vorpalhex 4y ago
The wrong way to think about bribery is as a calculated payoff. Instead it's a spur of the moment thing.
You are headed home, tickets already paid for, and then someone asks if you want to make a quick $200 real easy.
This isn't always how it goes down, but you can imagine how an impulsive person may over react to a monetary reward and thus accept very little compensation. If you run the risk assessment, you aren't going to take the deal!
- anigbrowl 4y agoI guess. I'd be instantly suspicious, but he doesn't seem like a person of good judgment to start with. It's sad that he didn't have the wit or the character to plead guilty and try to straighten his life out for the sake of his family.
- thephyber 4y ago> I'd be instantly suspicious It’s their job to get extremely good at being less suspicious. The more rejections they get, the more they refine their approach, their appearance, their story, etc. I try to avoid giving credit to my ego for not falling for a scam/con (yet!) when capitalism and evolution are both optimized for finding efficient workarounds for any hurdle. Given enough attempts and enough time, capitalism will corrupt anyone and everyone.
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- hgsgm 4y agoHaving unprotected sex isn't particularly correlated with intelligence or self control. The opposite, in fact.
- notch898a 4y agoIt says he trafficked 15kg of fentanyl. $220 is basically gas and per diem money. Allow me to present the conspiracy theory that this guy owed the cartels a favor for whatever reason, and the payment was purely enough to let him deal with the costs of performing it. This has the looks of a man who painted himself into a corner, rolled a bad dice roll, and then had no way out. >It's sad that he didn't have the wit or the character to plead guilty and try to straighten his life out for the sake of his family. That won't overcome the fact he now owes 15kg of goods to the cartel, and probably has no way to pay it, and he's staring down the barrel of being in prison full of people who have nothing but time to settle the debt. I think this guys death warrant was signed as soon as he got caught, and probably halfway written by the time he was even asked for the favor. Quite possible he did the best thing for his family.
- anigbrowl 4y agoHmm, that's an angle I hadn't considered. Interesting points.