• taladar@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    I think one of the issues with taking bribes is that even corrupt people don’t want to completely ruin the economy because you don’t want the people trying to bribe you lack the money to do so. Or in other words, even apart from any moral issues you don’t want to kill your golden goose.

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      5 days ago

      They can ruin the economy all they want. The people who are bribing them aren’t going to run out of money.

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      5 days ago

      Counterpoint: the fact that the moral “don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs” even exists is proof that people are indeed greedy and/or stupid enough to do that very thing.