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Tell me, how'd we get the funds to sail and conquer these countries in the first place?
And without our colonies, how are we still rich today after many economic collapses and resets?
If Europe is nothing without colonies, why are we still here.
Cool, but an anti corruption campaign is meaningless without democracy. Call me when Xi can be voted out.
So by the same standard, if China, for example, were to lift 800 million people out of poverty, a little corruption would be okay?
If the Chinese government acted in the interests of their people I wouldn't care where they got their money from. Unfortunately, they do not. Luckily, I do not live there. And I will fight any attempts to make my country more like China.
A politician evading taxes is still voting for public interests, no? Like obviously tax evasion is a bad thing, but it's not even in the same ballpark as corruption. No country is crimeless. But European countries are a lot less corrupt than China.
Arresting one man instead of changing the system that lead to his corruption in the first place. Classic.
I don't really care what they've done. All that I know is that the parties I've voted for generally vote in my interests, and that actual noticeable change comes from it. As a result I enjoy high standards of living. The impression I get from my government is that they're genuinely trying to make things better for their citizens (even if it doesn't always work out). That's all I really need to know.
If corruption/lobbying is somehow rampant, it hasn't stopped many legislative measures to protect my interests. A good recent example is the many actions the EU has taken against anti-consumer tech giants. I lobbying was a thing here, do you think that would've happened? God knows these companies have the money.
I'm not omniscient, but I think we're doing quite alright.
Racism means to speak ill of a race. I'm speaking ill of one person (and an ideology).
If dear leader didn't want to be compared to children cartoons, maybe he shouldn't have been an exploitative dictator. The fact that he tries to censor it only makes it funnier. I make fun of my own politicians all the time, but they don't throw me in jail for it.