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I feel like people who lived in corrupt countries have a lot to teach Americans, who now live in an openly corrupt one... How to grease wheels, how to make powe
by netsharc 1y ago
I feel like people who lived in corrupt countries have a lot to teach Americans, who now live in an openly corrupt one... How to grease wheels, how to make powerful friends for one's own advantage.
(Sure maybe the "elite" were already obviously openly corrupt, but now that it's reached to the lower levels of society...).
- CSMastermind 1y agoAmerica is not a corrupt country in the sense that places overseas are. You will go to jail for trying to openly bribe the police here and political hysterics aside rule of law generally prevails. What has happened is that America has slipped from being a high trust society to a medium trust one.
- tyingq 1y agoIt does vary. Rural sheriff departments being one example.
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- throwawaypath 1y agoUrban city police departments being another example.
- godsinhisheaven 1y agoSuburban police departments are another example
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- anjel 1y agoRoadside Civil Asset Forfeiture is still a thing...
- LeoPanthera 1y ago> You will go to jail for trying to openly bribe the police here I am absolutely not convinced of this. I truly believe a significant fraction of US police would, and perhaps do, accept bribes.
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- nacozarina 1y agothe US AG is pretty openly accepting bribes if you hadn’t noticed
- jasonlotito 1y ago> You will go to jail for trying to openly bribe the police here https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-aide-homan-accepted-50000-bribery-sting-operation-sources-say-2025-09-21/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-aide-homan-accepted-5... In addition: Things you can do in the USA right now without punishment (as long as you the corrcect kind of Republican) * Try to kill the vice president. * Terrorize the capital * Try to kill police * Rape * Being a pedophile Things you can and will be killed or punished for, or that the government is getting vigilantes to go after. * Walking * Exercising your rights under the Bill of Rights * Literally upholding the law * Speaking negatively about the President * Following Christianity * Being Jewish So, yeah, it's fairly corrupt. I haven't even talked about the white collar crimes that are happening every day. But none of the above is hyperbole.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y ago> Try to kill the vice president. I assumed you were referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Paul_Pelosi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Paul_Pelosi but that ended with a 30 year sentence. So what are you referring to?
- shawn_w 1y ago1/6 and the gallows with Pence's name on it and the mob looking for him.
- Wistar 1y agoWell, I knew what he was talking about.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoI missed that aspect of 1/6.
- alsetmusic 1y agoTrump turned his supporters on Pence on a bs concept that Pence could (il)legally deliver him the presidency. They wanted him to hang for treason.
- fnord77 1y agohere in SF it's pretty common to bribe officers with gift cards to get traffic tickets dropped. it's been like that as long as I can remember also, in the late 80s I remember my GF's father bribing the SF building inspector to overlook something.
- 64718283661 1y agoBut if a single one of them don't like that you tried they can ruin your life much worse than a traffic ticket.
- walletdrainer 1y ago“Oh whoops, I accidentally grabbed the wrong card from my wallet” Nobody says “hey here’s the bribe”, they act like they’re mistakenly handing over money or whatever. This is basic bribery etiquette.
- fnord77 1y agoI should have been clearer. The way the bribes work is you have a friend who works on the force find out what the ticketing officer likes. Then you give the GC to the friend who gives it to the ticketing officer. People who grew up in the city invariably know at least one or two people on the force.
- harddrivereque 1y agoI do believe that you are writing the truth, but it is extremely unbelievable to me. To be honest, I've never been pulled over for traffic violations, but bribing officers with gift cards being "common" sounds like it could lead to some really bad place. It's a good thing it hasn't yet. Bribes have many drawbacks compared to traffic tickets.
- krustyburger 1y agoI remember gift cards originally being novel in the early 2000’s because they could be swiped like a credit card for purchases, unlike gift certificates, which they replaced. If you had a girlfriend in the late 80s, I don’t see how police could have been bribed with gift cards as long as you can remember. I should also add that I myself have never heard of it being common to bribe SF cops with gift cards, in any decade.
- dataflow 1y ago> rule of law generally prevails Not going to agree or disagree, but I just want to make sure you're claiming that while being fully aware of, say, the following: https://www.insidernj.com/the-abcs-of-pba-cards/ https://www.insidernj.com/the-abcs-of-pba-cards/
- forgotoldacc 1y agoNot really. The difference is police in poorer countries can be bribed with the amount of cash you can keep in a wallet. In the US, it requires a large public donation to a political campaign or "charity". Bribes very much exist, and if you think you can't do it, that just means you're not rich enough. In poor countries too, the ones getting arrested are the ones who can't afford the bribes.
- ribosometronome 1y agoBribe? No no, it's a tip.
- Waterluvian 1y ago> from being a high trust society to a medium trust one I think both falsehoods here are things many people want to believe because not being just like all those other places “overseas” is important to the cultural identity.
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- fakedang 1y agoHave you been to rural America? Flyover country? The south?