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staredtoday at 11:30 AM1 replyview on HN

As a counterexample, here is an example of a Singaporean officer refusing to accept a bribe, as reported by Lee Kuan Yew:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nZv_UkMh0FA


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_factortoday at 12:49 PM

The people who crave that money and influence tend to be control freak psycho/sociopaths. They need to feel superior to others because deep down they don’t/can’t value themselves. They don’t even know what they’re competing/fighting for anymore. They just can’t stop because they know no other way.