this is the uncomfortable truth people are unwilling to accept. can democratic s...

		dzonga 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies... this is the uncomfortable truth people are unwilling to accept. can democratic societies be corrupt, can autocratic societies be not corrupt this is also true. accept things as they're, not as they ought to be - one of the fundamental lessons one has to learn to operate in this world.

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That does not mean that "things as they are" is "how it's ought to be".