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It helps to have some context. Being moderately aware of global politics, I know that Russia is considerably more corrupt than the United States. Russia is redd
by PieSquared 14y ago
It helps to have some context. Being moderately aware of global politics, I know that Russia is considerably more corrupt than the United States. Russia is reddish; the USA is yellow-ish. The rest I can figure out, and the numbers and labels make it all a bit more quantitative.
To be fair, the infographic could be better, but I think all the information is there and relatively easy to parse, so calling it "not very informative" is a bit extreme.
- fusiongyro 14y agoThere's a hilarious scene in Travels in Siberia where the author takes a trip to the Russian far east with a retired couple from California with extremely exacting dietary restrictions. At one point the old man is complaining loudly about all the money he spent on food and lodging—what did it go to? The author replies calmly: bribes. When they finally pass through Russian customs at the end of the trip, he complains to the Russian customs agent, saying the author told him most of the money for their trip went to bribes. The customs agent replies calmly: yes, probably.