take_five_seconds [he/him, any] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 7 days agoSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanspolitics@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish47•7 days agoThere’s two ways to stop corruption: one involves identifying corrupt officials and punishing them. The enlightened, neoliberal solution is to simply make the law say it’s legal to be corrupt.
There’s two ways to stop corruption: one involves identifying corrupt officials and punishing them. The enlightened, neoliberal solution is to simply make the law say it’s legal to be corrupt.