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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:25PM (#32953998)
> American culture, and to a lesser extent Western culture in general, encourages this kind of corruption. If your culture elevates individualism and freedom above social responsibility and harmony, then your institutions will be systemically corrupted by selfish individuals.

Which culture are you suggesting does not get systematically corrupted by selfish individuals?

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by JacobThreeThree on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:28PM (#32954037)
American culture is much less corrupt when compared to the rest of the real world, instead of being compared to a hypothetical corruption-free world.
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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by BlargMcLarg on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:02PM (#32954425)
You gonna back that up? The "rest of the world" contains various European, Asian and even a neighboring North American country with plenty of readers who would be delighted to see your evidence
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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by fragmede on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:38PM (#32954902)
https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021/index/usa

27th isn't too bad!

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by JacobThreeThree on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:40PM (#32954923)
It's my opinion based on my personal experience in various countries around the world.

There's plenty of corruption in Europe, Asia and Mexico/Canada.

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Re:Be critical or be corrupted by avgcorrection on Friday September 23, 2022 @04:26PM (#32956648)
> American culture is much less corrupt when compared to the rest of the real world,

Does this mean that it’s the least corrupt place in the world?

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