32 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jul \ parent \ on: Corruption Perceptions by Country in 2023 charts_and_numbers
Sometimes it's not even hidden. In American elections, everyone knows that rich donors contribute unfathomable sums of money to political campaigns and then spend even more on lobbying for influence.
Despite knowing unequivocally that our rulers are bought off, Americans perceive their government as relatively uncorrupted.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @wingalt 10 Jul
Classic Stockholm syndrome, at every government racket (i.e., all the time on all topics) people finds reasons to tell themselves that it is ok, bad things only happen elsewhere
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 10 Jul
That's a good point. That's the legal corruption, ahahah! Here in Europe lobbying is illegal but they are working to legalize it. I've never thought much about it and I don't know if it's positive or not.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jul
I don't know, either. It's not like wealthy elites just give up trying to wield power because it's illegal.
Sometimes I wonder if political races shouldn't just be an auction. Whoever gets the most cumulative bids wins and only the winners have to pay.
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