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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by palmotea on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @01:05AM (#48827742)
> #1 is a net-better outcome for everyone else than doing nothing.

You kill some corrupt guy, just to replace him with another corrupt guy who's in the leader's good-graces. How is that "a net-better outcome for everyone else"?

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by vkou on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @10:17AM (#48832298)
Another possibility exists - the new one might well be less corrupt.

Given that this one took nearly half a billion, it is, in fact, quite likely.

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