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In reply to the discussion: Actor Jackie Chan calls U.S. ‘most corrupt’ country in the world [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)113. Well that's obviously not close to being true.
We are in the top 12 but not the top.
Even among major developed democratic countries the US isn't the "most corrupt".
That would almost certainly have to be Japan.
In Japan MPs are expected to send a wedding gift and floral gift to every wedding and funeral in their district, which alone would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
Japanese anti corruption laws are openly flaunted and almost never prosecuted.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/politics-corruption.htm
I would say that America's campaign contribution/buy a Congressman legal mechanism is by far the worlds' most hypocritical big time corruption scheme, and in the hypocrisy category no one comes close.
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I get your point, but I do think that there is a distinction between oppression and corruption.
antigone382
Jan 2013
#63
It is very often a mistake to think that oppression is not done for profit. Rare is the gratutious
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#96
I had the same sense when I spent some time there - about 10 years ago. It was in some respects the
freshwest
Jan 2013
#44
he is partly right. It is corrupt but the scale of the problem in China is out of bounds.
roguevalley
Jan 2013
#12
Our AIR is better because we Shipped Jobs to China...therefore cutting the Air Emissions/
KoKo
Jan 2013
#19
i never said it wasn't. but I also know that the desert in china is growing and when
roguevalley
Jan 2013
#35
Four Words..(and there's more but won't press it) Afghanistan, ME Revolution and AFRICOM BASE
KoKo
Jan 2013
#33
What you say is Obvious...but, you do a "back hand slap at Chan" saying he Overstates
KoKo
Jan 2013
#38
I spend half my life criticizing America but that statement is hyperbolic nonsense
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2013
#37
You can't see how close we are getting since (for most part) we Support these Evil Countries
KoKo
Jan 2013
#39
guns, dictators and drones are all legitimate criticisms of America ..but the corruption in the
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2013
#45
Yeah, ok, if he said that about China, he wouldn't live through the night. But because
Tutonic
Jan 2013
#43
I agree with Jackie Chan if you define "most corrupt" as having the most power through corruption
Democratopia
Jan 2013
#47
Republicans in the Legislative Branch of our national government are, as a whole, the most
indepat
Jan 2013
#51
I am sorry, but other then curiosity, does it really matter what a so-called celebrity thinks? I
still_one
Jan 2013
#69
It is a ridiculous statement especially compared to countries such as Sudan, China, etc. Is there
still_one
Jan 2013
#70
Corrupt? absolutely. Most corrupt in the world? hard to say for sure. We're up there I'm sure.
bubbayugga
Jan 2013
#93
Im sure there are countries out there who could give our government a run for their money..
xoom
Jan 2013
#94
Jackie has opinions I do not share. Also, his rhetoric changes with the day...
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#99