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Bribing foreign officials is illegal in the US. It prevents our country from becoming a haven and hot-spot for activity that harms the rule of law overseas and
by vundercind 2y ago
Bribing foreign officials is illegal in the US. It prevents our country from becoming a haven and hot-spot for activity that harms the rule of law overseas and destabilizes foreign states, because we generally prefer that other countries not worry about that when setting their trade policies with us.
- delfinom 2y agoI think it's more the CIA doesn't like competition, lmao
- vundercind 2y agoThis is kinda true, even with a generous take on the CIA: they don’t want rogue freebooters screwing with their plans—why, you might destabilize a democracy they weren’t planning to replace with a dictatorship! But also the trading reputation of a country is kinda a common good that individuals can profit by tarnishing, which makes it a prime target for very-valid and probably-a-good-idea regulation of that sort.
- mr_toad 2y agoSo a state monopoly on soft power as well as hard power. Makes sense.