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@un_pellegrino Hey, when large numbers from HSBC and JPMC go to jail, then we can talk about how much more corrupt Africa is.
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@emptywheel we were also talking 1950s when cheating in broad daylight as you describe was at least much rarer. -
@un_pellegrino This "broad daylight" measure of corruption is rather interesting, no? As if hidden corruption doesn't count? -
@emptywheel do you believe that human nature is such that there ever is no hidden corruption? -
@un_pellegrino Not at all. Which means the claims abt British culture are bogus. Brits are just as human as Africans. -
@emptywheel can only recommend you go live in third world for a few years or decades. Would widen your horizons. -
@un_pellegrino There are people who still use the term "third world"? Enlightening. Not sure I need lectures abt my "horizons," thanks. -
@emptywheel even people from third world still use term. Hint.
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@emptywheel sorry we were talking colonial administrators versus post-colonial administration. Sadly, often chasm. -
@un_pellegrino From that point you had evolved to making claims about relative corruption levels, ignoring order of magnitude difference. -
@emptywheel I used transparency intl to illustrate point that differences are generally accepted. No more, no less. -
@un_pellegrino And I pointed out something that TI doesn't figure in: that British banks are underlying facilitator for that corruption. -
@emptywheel which is red herring for discussions about events 50 years ago. -
@un_pellegrino The Brits didn't have banks 50 years ago? A key aspect of WWII global order didn't assume this feature? -
@emptywheel off shore banking, slap on the wrist for bad book cooking quite rare in those days. Labor govt properly supervised banks.
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