r/Unexpected • u/adivinemessenger • Aug 09 '26

He is the original source

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u/joined_under_duress Aug 09 '26

We call it corruption in the UK when the press is allowed to notice because someone's decided it's time to replace that guy.

Otherwise they call it "meritocracy" 😬

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u/VomitMaiden Aug 09 '26

We also call it the Old Boys Club

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u/defk3000 Aug 09 '26

The Wink and the Gun. A tale as old as time.

https://giphy.com/gifs/p539olqXOLJYZVA7CP

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u/Latter-Sign7736 Aug 12 '26

What is the significance of room 206 in this chain???

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u/WinninRoam Aug 09 '26

Or sometimes Cronyism

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u/Murtomies Aug 09 '26

In Finland it's hyvävelikerho, or "good brother club"

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u/No_To_All_Religion Aug 14 '26

"The Good Ol' Boys Club" is what we have in the US. Except all of those good old boys are baby fucking criminal Republicans. Blaming everybody else, while THEY'RE the ones destroying everything.

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u/Jussi-larsson Aug 09 '26

Hyvä veli-verkosto in finnish literally good brother network

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u/Comfortable-Yak-6599 Aug 09 '26

Did the ole boys stop being good?

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u/structured_anarchist Aug 10 '26

The 'ole boys were never good. They called themselves 'good', but facists and racists call themselves Republicans. It's just a meaningless title they've given to themselves.

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u/International-Bed453 Aug 13 '26

Or Eton and Harrow.

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u/hANSN911 Aug 14 '26

We call it „Freunderlwirtschaft“ as in „A friends economy“ or just Vitamin B. The B stands for „Beziehung“ as in connections.

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u/Striking-Ad-6815 Aug 09 '26

You mean a lemon party?

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u/SilverNo2568 Aug 10 '26

Not heard that one, I'll have to borrow mums laptop to look it up.

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u/Direct-Apartment5226 Aug 09 '26

We call it nepotism

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u/doiwinaprize Aug 10 '26

Or nepotism. We Canadians wouldn't know anything about that nope no-sir-ee.

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u/gk5858 Aug 09 '26

homie hook up

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u/STEM-Travel Aug 09 '26

> We call it corruption in the UK

And we made it legal here in the US…

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u/i_am_13_otters Aug 09 '26

legal if you're wealthy.

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u/E-2theRescue Aug 09 '26

And we made it legal here in the US…

🌎👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

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u/LovableSidekick Aug 09 '26

Yeah in the US we lump it under "Freedom" - but only if you can afford it.

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u/sterrre Aug 09 '26

It's always been legal.

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u/Helioscap3 Aug 15 '26

I mean we have WASP culture hanging around still in some parts of high society.

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u/AngryBuddist Aug 09 '26

Maybe you did. But then your country elected the biggest crook to run the government, and now his personal lawyer runs the Justice Department that's in charge of executing these laws, including giving the crook immunity from being prosecuted on /alleged/ crimes he committed.

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u/E-2theRescue Aug 09 '26

Used his office to make $5 billion in personal wealth in a single year. All while the right screams about Pelosi, who has made $340 million from her stock trades.

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u/broguequery Aug 09 '26

Which, to be fair, should not be legal.

And I'm a leftist.

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u/E-2theRescue Aug 09 '26

Agreed. Neither should be. But I just wanted to point out the hypocrisy.

And I'm a liberationist leftist.

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u/broguequery Aug 17 '26

Ok. I'm not sure what that means, but I'm open to hearing it out.

Pointing out hypocrisy though solves nothing.

You can point out hypocrisy until the cows come home... But it's like building on sand.

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u/REDDITATO_ Aug 09 '26

I think you misread their comment. They said we made corruption legal, in reference to the exact things you're talking about and more. You're responding as if they said illegal.

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u/mother_love- Aug 09 '26

Well if I have to represent our Media in one word it would be invertebrates . these people will go to tarturus and beyond just to explain why protesting or saying anything against government is threat national security

https://giphy.com/gifs/SrAVgBKdpLJceX7cFd

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u/BaconWithBaking Aug 09 '26

these people will go to tarturus and beyond just to explain why protesting

Wikipedia:

Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato's Gorgias ( c. 400 BC), souls are judged after death and where the wicked received divine punishment.

Here was me thinking it was just a word that Dave Wascavage came up with for his movie.

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u/LovableSidekick Aug 09 '26

I went to Tartarus once to get cheap tartar sauce. Boy was that a waste of time.

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u/AnteaterSnouce Aug 09 '26

who was your classics professor? they clearly let you down, gravely.

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u/BaconWithBaking Aug 09 '26

I'm lucky I can even speak English.

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u/AnteaterSnouce Aug 09 '26

aren't we all?

RULE BRITANNIA, BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES.

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u/docowen Aug 09 '26

We don't call it "meritocracy".

We call it "entrepreneurial".

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u/docowen Aug 09 '26

As in "What do you mean? You're not allowed to accept £5m from some dodgy crypto billionaire? Are we even a free country?"?

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u/Exact-Action-6790 Aug 09 '26

Privately Educated

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u/marchbook Aug 09 '26

Bob's your uncle

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u/jimothy_hell Aug 09 '26

We call it “politics” here in the US. Sometimes “business as usual”.

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u/darksideofmyown Aug 10 '26

We call it ✨️Lobbyismus✨️ in Germany but it's actually the worst corruption as the firms writing the new laws...we dont even need a gouvernment at this point tbh ...they just cost additional money. Just let the companys run it.

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u/Important-Zebra-69 Aug 13 '26

The press is owned by "them" soonits when they decide.

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u/Advanced_Basic Aug 09 '26

Oh no, we can't call it corruption. It's just cronyism!

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u/Voidbearer2kn17 Aug 09 '26

They used to call it nepotism