Benin Bronzes Were Looted 123 Years Ago. Will They Ever Be Returned?

Re:Benin Bronzes Were Looted 123 Years Ago. Will They Ever B... by bryanrasmussen on Monday January 27, 2020 @03:15PM (#22163340)

I mean what exactly goes into determining the corruption ranking anyway - does your museums receiving stolen stuff from other cultures count?

I suppose I accept that Nigeria is more corrupt but I think 12th is maybe outdated for Britain considering various Brexit things make me doubt the incorruptibility of basically every British political figure.

Looking quickly - Canada is 12th, US 23rd. I think Britain has to be a bit closer to US at least.

There's also quite a lot of European countries that are pretty close to Nigeria in rank, and I sort of feel that if stolen stuff ended being sent back to Russia's museums or some of the others it might be that they would be relatively safe.

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Re:Benin Bronzes Were Looted 123 Years Ago. Will They Ever B... by SuoDuanDao on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @06:38AM (#22168443)

As a Canadian, we... might be getting some undeserved good press on that front. Corruption isn't terribly blatant over here, but we haven't really had a major misalignment between the Ruling Class's and the population's incentives. It might get pretty blatant pretty quickly if we do.

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