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I used to wonder how African countries' governments could be captured so comprehensively by moneyed interests like Big Agro, mining companies, etc.

Then tech got to Ireland and things got a bit clearer.



from what I can tell, everyone thinks people are just wheelbarrowing bundles of cash in corrupt foreign countries while their own country has a convoluted legal process that is therefore different and okay.

while in reality a lot of other countries have some form of codified legal process that makes "money to one guy for a favorable regulatory environment" possible too.




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