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Since you lived in other places, can you comment/compare on judicial system (level of corruption to get things approve, to have contract-related case litigated

by maga_2020 3y ago

Since you lived in other places, can you comment/compare on judicial system (level of corruption to get things approve, to have contract-related case litigated, medical malpractice issues, etc). Also schools for children (cases of bullying, subpar level of STEM education, etc)? Would be good to know of how these former Soviet block countries moved away from the almost universal corruption of basic institutions.

jq-r 3y ago
Speaking as someone from there. The judical system is actually very bad and very slow. We have 40 judges per 100K people, Ireland has 3. So if you have to litigate something good luck with that as it will take many years. If going after public service, there are very slim chances you'll succeed. There was a famous malpractice case where it was revealed that a hospital which the claimant was suing didn't have a malpractice logged in 20 years. So whatever happened it was a "complication". The guy did get some satisfaction after a lenghty trial, but after that there were very few malpractice cases that I know of. A now deceased neigbour of mine ended up in wheelchair after a routine hip replacement surgery and had 2 strokes. Sued them, and 10 years later lost because the court's medical expert is friends with the surgeon. The corruption for a normal citizen is pretty invisible though (not the effects!). It happens on higher levels. And higher you go the bigger the corruption. So lets say you need a permit for something. You cannot walk into some office and offer money for them to get it done faster. Everyone is very suspicious of unfamiliar faces so you have to build a relation with a employee (or their boss), and then you can do it which of course takes time. But the N+1 time you do it its much easier... I think the general concensus is that the corruption actually got worse after the Yu breakup. In media you'll find egregious examples of government corruption but this very rarely gets prosecuted, even rarer someone has to go to prison for it. So for lot of politicians and public servants crime does pay off. Another problem is that a lot of corruption is legalized so you don't have much to look forward to. Schooling is just not very good. I wouldn't say that I saw much bullying, not that it was unheard, but it was very rare. Curriculum on the other hand is based on rote memorization, anti-creativity, anti-leadership and obedience. If your kid is a genius it will actually have a good time because schools (and especially universities) over here want only those kind of students, everyone else can go dig ditches as they say.

jq-r 3y ago

Speaking as someone from there. The judical system is actually very bad and very slow. We have 40 judges per 100K people, Ireland has 3. So if you have to litigate something good luck with that as it will take many years. If going after public service, there are very slim chances you'll succeed. There was a famous malpractice case where it was revealed that a hospital which the claimant was suing didn't have a malpractice logged in 20 years. So whatever happened it was a "complication". The guy did get some satisfaction after a lenghty trial, but after that there were very few malpractice cases that I know of. A now deceased neigbour of mine ended up in wheelchair after a routine hip replacement surgery and had 2 strokes. Sued them, and 10 years later lost because the court's medical expert is friends with the surgeon. The corruption for a normal citizen is pretty invisible though (not the effects!). It happens on higher levels. And higher you go the bigger the corruption. So lets say you need a permit for something. You cannot walk into some office and offer money for them to get it done faster. Everyone is very suspicious of unfamiliar faces so you have to build a relation with a employee (or their boss), and then you can do it which of course takes time. But the N+1 time you do it its much easier... I think the general concensus is that the corruption actually got worse after the Yu breakup. In media you'll find egregious examples of government corruption but this very rarely gets prosecuted, even rarer someone has to go to prison for it. So for lot of politicians and public servants crime does pay off. Another problem is that a lot of corruption is legalized so you don't have much to look forward to. Schooling is just not very good. I wouldn't say that I saw much bullying, not that it was unheard, but it was very rare. Curriculum on the other hand is based on rote memorization, anti-creativity, anti-leadership and obedience. If your kid is a genius it will actually have a good time because schools (and especially universities) over here want only those kind of students, everyone else can go dig ditches as they say.