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Re:Lee Kuan Yew on Malta by boeingUH60 on Saturday January 20, 2024 @12:10PM (#39069800)
No, it’s worse at the top levels in Africa. Show me where American and European legally steal public funds and siphon it to their offshore accounts..

I really get tired of moral equivalence.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew on Malta by sam_lowry_ on Saturday January 20, 2024 @12:51PM (#39070281)
Belgian here. We have political families stretching over many generations.

Some 20 years ago a representative of such a family wanted to go for a second term with the slogan of adding 100,000 people to the job market. We then turned all house cleaning jobs from black market to official by paying 3x the value of house cleaning work in subsidies to select businesses.

He is still lauded for the idea.

Corruption is just smarter over here.

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Re:Lee Kuan Yew on Malta by boeingUH60 on Saturday January 20, 2024 @02:46PM (#39071512)
I wish my country was so good that this is what counts as major corruption..
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