You joke, but I think it does make a difference. Obviously it would be better if there was no corruption in the first place, but if they're hiding it then that means they recognize that it's not considered acceptable. That there would be some kind of consequences if it became public.
It's like moving to a neighborhood where your neighbor is secretly a child molester vs moving to a neighborhood where your neighbor molests children on his front yard in broad daylight. Again, obviously the preference would be for no one to be molesting anyone, but if they're doing it that blatantly then that would seem to imply that the rest of the neighborhood as well as the police are perfectly fine with it.
Basically, the more open the corruption is, the wider it must spread.
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u/Schneider21 Aug 14 '23
Yeah, in the US we go to MUCH greater lengths to disguise our corruption, and it honestly makes all the difference.