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Re:Lax oversight allows Chicago police to avoid turning on t... by pdonis on Monday November 16, 2020 @06:38PM (#25118528)
> You can't vote corruption out of office. It has to be rooted out from outside

In other words, if the corruption is not just particular localities, but infects the national government as well, then we're all screwed?

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Re:Lax oversight allows Chicago police to avoid turning on t... by pydry on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @08:57AM (#25123757)
There is at least more visibility at the higher levels but in general, yeah. Most 3rd world countries with serious endemic corruption get stuck with it.
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Re:Lax oversight allows Chicago police to avoid turning on t... by pdonis on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @07:58PM (#25131961)
> Most 3rd world countries with serious endemic corruption get stuck with it.

They get stuck with it because 1st world countries insist on continuing to send aid even though the corrupt governments take all of it and it never benefits the people. Not to mention 1st world countries giving legitimacy to those corrupt governments in many other ways.

In other words, on a global level, the idea that corruption in 3rd world countries is "a global problem" has made the corruption worse, not better.

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