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I wonder if we will see a non-corrupt America within our lifetime.
by philliphaydon 13y ago
I wonder if we will see a non-corrupt America within our lifetime.
- dllthomas 13y agoIf we don't work for it, no. If we do, maybe.
- hga 13y agoThat's way too binary of a wish, there hasn't been a "non-corrupt" America pretty much ever. I mean, go back and look at the Hamilton-Burr feud, or the etymology of gerrymander: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering#Etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering#Etymology. The guy signed the Deceleration of Independence.... It's more a matter of degree, and pervasiveness. By many measures we're still a largely uncorrupt nation, but I find it difficult to believe that if what's happening at the top isn't stopped that it won't filter down a whole lot. Although e.g. the Japanese are an example of a largely uncorrupt people with eternally "corrupt" rulers, going back many centuries.