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I'd be careful normalizing bribery. It's very micro-efficient, almost definitionally, but the macro effects of normalized bribery are well known and not good.
by amalcon 6mo ago
I'd be careful normalizing bribery. It's very micro-efficient, almost definitionally, but the macro effects of normalized bribery are well known and not good.
- BirAdam 6mo agoBribery is the actual normal function of US politics. That’s what lobbying really amounts to. The USA has the best government that money can buy.
- shimman 6mo agoUntil you get fascism or welfare reforms, hopefully you aren't on the chopping block by then.
- BirAdam 6mo agoTo be clear, I am not saying this is a good state affairs; merely that it is the normal operating procedure for the USA.
- mohamedkoubaa 6mo agoClassic is ought fallacy