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bigfishrunningtoday at 1:46 PM1 replyview on HN

So police in african countries are poorly paid so it's OK for them to just...rob people? Wouldn't it make more sense to just pay the police better? Is it OK for a waitress or a teacher or a taxi driver to steal your wallet? They're also underpaid...

That bit of justification seems absolutely bananas to me.


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mothballedtoday at 1:47 PM

How are you going to tax them for salaries? There's not much formal economy in most of central africa.

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