• redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    So by the same standard, if China, for example, were to lift 800 million people out of poverty, a little corruption would be okay?

    As lobbying is a fact throughout Europe, yes, I think the fact of gains and the fact of corruption can happen at the same time.

    For another look at a contradictory unity of opposites, here’s a look at how the corrupt EU is willing to fund research into combatting excessive PFAS in water while at the same time allowing companies to pump excessive PFAS into the water: https://www.uva.nl/en/content/news/news/2023/02/pfas-in-drinking-water.html?cb

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      1 year ago

      So by the same standard, if China, for example, were to lift 800 million people out of poverty, a little corruption would be okay?

      If the Chinese government acted in the interests of their people I wouldn’t care where they got their money from. Unfortunately, they do not. Luckily, I do not live there. And I will fight any attempts to make my country more like China.

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        1 year ago

        I look forward to the day when the Chinese can be freed from the tyranny of collective wealth so that Europeans can feel more comfortable with Chinese corruption.