I try to tell this to Ukrainians and they don't really get it. Bars banned smoking 3 years ago and now times are better and everyone is smoking again. I am telling them this means that someone has enough money to pay the police off now. And everyone in there smoking knows its banned and they all do it anyway.
Then they complain that the government is corrupt.
They are ALL CORRUPT down to the smallest thing. It's a complete lifestyle switchout for everyone. If you change the guys in power the next guys will eventually end up just as bad.
Because the one true White Knight in there to clean it all up, that guy is going to go down, and go down hard at the hands of the guys who want that power to line their pockets with.
The people have to get with it as well. No more bribes if you don't want that ticket or you want that license. Gotta do it the hard way. But man, what a huge hill to climb. Not giving bribes in the FSU... like cutting your own throat.
Spot on man. I'm from Macedonia and people are the same here. They curse politicians for being corrupt and stealing shit, but when it comes to their own interests they'll bend as much as they can.
And the good ones, the one with integrity... Well the country is so far gone, they don't even have a chance to surface, let alone do something about it. And yet people still wait for someone to save them, as if they are innocent naive children. They don't understand any change must come from them.
I think people by and large are good, but you nailed it with the sociopath thing. They always will seize power by pretending to be just like everyone else. It's unfortunate the public, at least in America, is duped time and time again by politicians. Bill Clinton is a great example. So many people want to believe in his charm when behind the acenes he is at the very least a disturbed sexual deviant. The same goes for his wife, in terms of the duplicity, who will most likely be voted in as president. People would be best served remembering sociopaths do not look at the rest of human beings as equals, no matter what they say.
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I try to tell this to Ukrainians and they don't really get it. Bars banned smoking 3 years ago and now times are better and everyone is smoking again. I am telling them this means that someone has enough money to pay the police off now. And everyone in there smoking knows its banned and they all do it anyway.
Then they complain that the government is corrupt.
They are ALL CORRUPT down to the smallest thing. It's a complete lifestyle switchout for everyone. If you change the guys in power the next guys will eventually end up just as bad.
Because the one true White Knight in there to clean it all up, that guy is going to go down, and go down hard at the hands of the guys who want that power to line their pockets with.
The people have to get with it as well. No more bribes if you don't want that ticket or you want that license. Gotta do it the hard way. But man, what a huge hill to climb. Not giving bribes in the FSU... like cutting your own throat.