• qwename
    37·
    1 year ago

    “Experts” will tell you that in China, the “small fishes” get caught because they don’t have someone higher up to back them; the “big fishes” get caught due to political infighting and they get to “retire in prison” because they get a reprieve and aren’t executed.

    They will also tell you that when you see a cockroach, there will be countless more in the shadows, implying that the entire system is very corrupt when you see corruption of this magnitude being reported.

    They throw this line of thinking out the window when it comes to the US, because it is the bastion of democracy and leader of the free world, and any mistakes will be self-corrected by the democratic system.

    Forgot to mention, the day before this there was a court hearing for Tian Huiyu, former head of China Merchants Bank, who also took bribes worth 210 million yuan, probably another death sentence with reprieve.

    • DamarcusArt
      17·
      1 year ago

      Ah, but you forget the most important part of Expert Analysis:

  • Magos_Galactose
    33·
    1 year ago

    Imagine what we could become if we treat corrupt oligarch and official at least half as serious as PRC does?

    • CaptainRipcord
      33·
      1 year ago

      For the record, death with reprieve isn’t death. It’s “we could have killed you but we’re gonna let you live. If you fuck up during the reprieve period, you’re a goner”

      • DamarcusArt
        18·
        1 year ago

        Honestly, I really like that idea as a form of punishment. Someone who is truly irredeemable will probably go back to their corrupt ways during that period, convinced they won’t get caught, but someone who can be reformed and redeemed will actively try to be a better person during that time.