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A comment on Villarejo: The rise and fall of the Spanish state’s secret fixer. Parent comment

Re:Villarejo: The rise and fall of the Spanish state’s secre... by Erlich_Bachman on Friday January 15, 2021 @08:47AM (#25790878)
Maybe because those things don't directly have anything to do with country being corrupt, which was the question? There could be some indirect connection, but corruption and quality of life are not exactly the same things.
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Re:Villarejo: The rise and fall of the Spanish state’s secre... by melenaboija on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:51AM (#25791578)
A corrupt enough country would not be able to protect people as Spain does.

Public services are paid with public money, if there is no money there are no services and as far as I know there is still public health and education and equal opportunitieas for (almost) everybody.

A lot of corruption there anyway.

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