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• mike_ivanov 7mo ago
  Bullshit. We have more words for flavors of bribery than for types of snow.
  • drysine 7mo ago
    Do we?
• brightball 7mo ago
  As a matter of perspective, the push to do so is to replace corrupt officials. Ultimately, if you believe that the officials currently in place were doing their jobs without bias then this looks like corruption. If you believe that the existing officials were compromised by their politics, then this looks like removing corruption. It's all perspective.
• mystraline 7mo ago
  The problem with meritocracy: who decides what "merit" is? The answer is: those who are already in power.
  • mentalgear 7mo ago
    Stop the relativism. In a democracy it's mostly all of us that have a say, in a dictatorship it's one guy and his fascist rank's whim.
    • drysine 7mo ago
      >it's mostly all of us that have a say Do you?
      • wewtyflakes 7mo ago
        I mean, literally so in a democracy, no? You could argue 'we' (whoever that is) do not live in a democracy, but to say that a plurality of voices do not matter in a democracy seems wrong at face-value.
        • drysine 7mo ago
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• timojaask 7mo ago
  > Reminds me of a report that Russians have no word for "bribe" This is just false. The word is “взятка”. If I were you I would not trust that report you’re referring to.
• dc96 7mo ago
  Why would one of the most popular languages in the world not have a word for "bribe"? Seems a bit condescending, implying Russians can't tell the difference between a "bribe" and customary behavior.
• hax0ron3 7mo ago
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• drysine 7mo ago
  >Reminds me of a report that Russians have no word for "bribe" You could've checked that faster than it took you to write your russophobic comment