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Re:Thatcher killed the UK’s superfast broadband before it ev... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday April 21, 2022 @03:58PM (#31114480)
> we still don't consider it to be a corrupt country

It’s by and large not, and to the degree it is, it’s open and not insidious. The kind of corruption that kills economies is the insidious type. (And the stealy variety.)

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Re:Thatcher killed the UK’s superfast broadband before it ev... by radicaldreamer on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:40PM (#31114893)
I disagree, VW/Mercedes emissions scandals and Wirecard (particularly the behavior of BaFin, which was defending wirecard and harassing journalists for years) point to entrenched corruption.

Nobody in government or industry has really been prosecuted for either (some Wirecard folks are on the run).

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