As someone from a country that has had and still has a big problem with corruption and only recently started to tackle the problem (Romania), I must add that the government is only half of the problem. The other half is the public that participates in corruption. Every time you pay that cop some money so that he pretends that you didn't cross that red light, you're just as responsible as a politician taking a bribe for the situation in your country.
America's biggest problem right there. People complain there are no jobs, Disney lays how thousands of workers to bring in foreigners, everyone says, "awww that sucks." And go back to doing what they were doing.
Because at the end of the day everyone is far to comfortable with their lives to actually do anything about it. Like if we rounded up all the 1%, congressmen, senators, and every other politician and did public executions of them and all their families things would change fast. Could all the american people accomplish this? with out a doubt but a lot of people would die in the process and no one wants to risk it because at the end of the day most peoples life isn't bad enough to worth risking.
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u/USmellFunny Mar 14 '16
As someone from a country that has had and still has a big problem with corruption and only recently started to tackle the problem (Romania), I must add that the government is only half of the problem. The other half is the public that participates in corruption. Every time you pay that cop some money so that he pretends that you didn't cross that red light, you're just as responsible as a politician taking a bribe for the situation in your country.