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Yeah but at least in the USSR you could bribe your way out of this type of situation. Here it's even worse because the people at the bottom (checking counter pe
by vxNsr 13y ago
Yeah but at least in the USSR you could bribe your way out of this type of situation. Here it's even worse because the people at the bottom (checking counter people) wont take bribes and maybe even can't because the computer will stop them from entering certain info.
- nathan_long 13y agoGiving a bribe might make a specific situation easier for you, but having a system where bribes are tolerated is cancerous. Few things have such power to destroy a nation.
- vinceguidry 13y agoOne could argue that the nation was already long gone by the time that happened. Corruption is just accelerating the inevitable.
- potatolicious 13y agoBrokenness at a high level can be fixed. Brokenness as a result of rampant corruption at all levels cannot. You can restore civil liberties by enacting or repealing laws. You can't do it when no effective executive mechanism exists (i.e., all your bureaucrats, police, and other officials are on the dole). Widespread corruption, IMO, is far more dangerous in the long term than what we're seeing right now in the US.
- nathan_long 13y agoYes. The people can demand that the government change policies. But if the people themselves are corrupt - the teacher won't teach and the doctor won't treat unless they're bribed - there's nobody left to fix things.