Countries in Europe that are much whiter then the USA at this point have some of the lowest corruption on Earth. Countries in Europe that are much whiter then the USA at this point also have some very high levels. Maybe some variables besides white ethnicity are in play. Not that it matters in 2021 where saying "white people bad" can become a career.
How the US Legalized Corruption
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#22I wonder what word people in Sri-Lanka use for corruption.
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#23Ugh why bring race into this... Even if the author makes good points, he's not going to convince anyone by saying 'white people have funny words for bribes' in the first paragraph. This is coming from someone who 100% agrees with the rest of the article. Still, I won't share this with anyone I respect.
Yeah think about all the primarily non-white countries with legalized corruption. Would they ever blame the culture of the predominate race in that case? Dollars to donuts the answer is no.
I recently spent 3 years driving right around Africa [1]. I spent almost a month in 35 separate countries, met countless interesting and thoughtful people and had all kinds of adventures.
Now I'm back in the Developed world (I toured North America, speaking about my trip and experiences) tons of people want to talk about what is "wrong" in Africa, and a very large percentage of people very quickly say the following two things:
- Africans are too lazy to help themselves.
- Africans are too corrupt, they're doomed.
NOTE: I categorically DO NOT agree with or support this thinking, and I try my hardest to dissuade it as much as I can. But in my experience many people in the developed world think this way. So to answer your question, yes, people blame the predominate race in non-white countries.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dividing Americans down racial lines rather than socioeconomic lines literally helps the benefactors of this bribery gravy train keep their grip on America.
It's hard not to notice that socioeconomic lines largely follow racial lines.
Yeah, but pointing that out really upsets people.
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#25To the comments that discredit the article for "bringing race into" the discussion, it's worth noting that: 1. the author is not white, nor lives in a place where white people are any sort of majority. 2. politics has largely been dominated by white people for much of America's history, so it's likely fair that these patterns were started and perpetuated by white people. 3. the author doesn't exempt non-white politic…
1) Why does any of this matter? Perspective?
2) Sure, but are these patterns unique to white people? In America, sure, but what about corruption in Africa, China, Brazil, pick one.
3) Then why bring race into it? Surely saying something along the lines of 'white people are corrupt... But other races don't get a pass' is only inflammatory and does not help the discussion.
4) Sure, but you can have valid points and discuss them civilly. This article doesn't really attempt to do that, so why would I want to share the word? If the author wants people to take him seriously, he needs take optics into accounts.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's hard not to notice that socioeconomic lines largely follow racial lines.
So what? You treat every person as an individual. "It is hard not to notice scientific breakthroughs largely follow racial lines" See how idiotic and inappropriate that line is?
Both are symptoms of a problem, don't you think?
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's hard not to notice that socioeconomic lines largely follow racial lines.
Yeah, but pointing that out really upsets people.
It's not a comfortable discussion. The fact those lines often coincide is a symptom of a problem many people refuse to recognize.
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#29Ugh why bring race into this... Even if the author makes good points, he's not going to convince anyone by saying 'white people have funny words for bribes' in the first paragraph. This is coming from someone who 100% agrees with the rest of the article. Still, I won't share this with anyone I respect.
The author is simply making it clear who the target audience is: people who already agree with him, the purpose of this article is not to inform or persuade the reader, but to help the author therapeutically vent to like-minded people who will agree with the premise of the article. The racial jab at Whites is simply the political litmus test du jour.
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#30Ugh why bring race into this... Even if the author makes good points, he's not going to convince anyone by saying 'white people have funny words for bribes' in the first paragraph. This is coming from someone who 100% agrees with the rest of the article. Still, I won't share this with anyone I respect.
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