In the country I come from, corruption is rampant, and it makes governments create anti-public, pro-corporations laws and regulations. But there it's still called "corruption". Here, in US, it is called "Lobbying", and is official.
I call it corruption as well. Any time the government violates its own laws, or violates human rights, that's corrupt.
I think americans believe their government is less corrupt in part because corruption is not identified as such.
Illegal domestic spying is corrupt, and a crime... yet no charges have been filed (for instance). This matter here, is possibly in an area where the law isn't as settled, so corruption is an opinion, rather than a fact, but an opinion I would agree with.
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In the country I come from, corruption is rampant, and it makes governments create anti-public, pro-corporations laws and regulations. But there it's still called "corruption". Here, in US, it is called "Lobbying", and is official.
I call it corruption as well. Any time the government violates its own laws, or violates human rights, that's corrupt.
I think americans believe their government is less corrupt in part because corruption is not identified as such.
Illegal domestic spying is corrupt, and a crime... yet no charges have been filed (for instance). This matter here, is possibly in an area where the law isn't as settled, so corruption is an opinion, rather than a fact, but an opinion I would agree with.