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Re: Rolling Blackouts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 9 May 2001 13:12:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Believe it or not, Americans are naive enough to think themselves immune to
> the kind of corruption and nonsense that takes place elsewhere, frankly, ALL
> OVER THE WORLD!
Most people I know (who express an opinion on the matter) are aware of the
corruption and are equally aware that there's little the average citizen can
do about it.
<insert third-gov't-party ad here>
As long as humans are subject to greed, and as long as power corrupts,
government will be inherently corruptable. The most we can hope
(fleetingly, perhaps) is that those in power will at least have some notion
of our best interests in mind.
> I think the U.S. is corrupt up to the eyeballs, its just
> well-concealed and at a much higher cost to the buyer. What I mean is that
> you can buy a cop here just as easily as in Mexico, its just that in Mexico
> it might only cost you $20-50 bucks depending on the pretended
> offense...here it's a seller's market...
Well, then by definition you can't "buy a cop here just as easily as in
Mexico." If it costs more, it's not as easy.
> ...but don't get me wrong, I love the U.S. -- it has the best government
> money can buy!
There is nothing new under the sun. Government has always been
bureaucratic and inherently corruptable; it's just that the manifestations
of corruption and bureaucracy have not always taken the same forms.
Likewise, the means by which government is purchased have not always been
the same.
Dave!
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| (...) That's precisely my point, except as regards the U.S. government. Believe it or not, Americans are naive enough to think themselves immune to the kind of corruption and nonsense that takes place elsewhere, frankly, ALL OVER THE WORLD! I think (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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