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by blub 2560 days ago
Can't tell if joking or antisocial. Especially the line about "I can really just do anything I please. I have money, so it's all good."

Obviously if everyone with money can do whatever they want, the trust in institutions plummets and more and more people start cheating, so one ends up with a society of cheaters who think it's normal to bribe.

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Yea but not everyone has money, and those with money are saying that corruption is in a lot of way better for them.

In some places, you can be drunk, or even kill someone and the cops will let you go for $$. If they take you in, it's not too late, just the price increases, the prosecutor and judge want their cut. A lot of mafia people have sentences cut or charges thrown out.

I'm not arguing that it's not a problem. I'm just saying it's good for me, and I like it. I think it's entirely possible to believe something is suboptimal and wrong while also being happy that it benefits me.