take_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down12cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanspolitics@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkSupreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favorswww.latimes.comtake_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanspolitics@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·7 days agoThere’s two ways to stop corruption: one involves identifying corrupt officials and punishing them. The enlightened, neoliberal solution is to simply make the law say it’s legal to be corrupt.
There’s two ways to stop corruption: one involves identifying corrupt officials and punishing them. The enlightened, neoliberal solution is to simply make the law say it’s legal to be corrupt.![emoji galaxy-brain galaxy-brain](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/fa05d4fe-f163-40e0-a03d-912cd48096ad.png)