What people don't understand is that things don't work in the world like they do (or appear to do) in the U.S. Foreign governments, in particular, in Asia...are inherently full of graft. In essence, it's like the U.S. lobbying system but through in a little touch of the godfather and good old fashioned Dewey-style politicking. What you are seeing here, is the biannual thrashing of the supporters of the previous administration that got voted out of office. It's essentially a daily ritual in Korea, Taiwan, Malyasia, etc where corruption is not so much a crime as it is part of the political process. Now before you get too high and might, consider that how many congresmen have been charged with bribes this year... also consider that most of these Asian countries have been democratic for less than thirty or forty years. Exactly how smoothly were things running in the U.S. in 1810 or 1820? How about the Harding administration in the 1920s? I'm just saying....!
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What people don't understand is that things don't work in the world like they do (or appear to do) in the U.S. Foreign governments, in particular, in Asia...are inherently full of graft. In essence, it's like the U.S. lobbying system but through in a little touch of the godfather and good old fashioned Dewey-style politicking. What you are seeing here, is the biannual thrashing of the supporters of the previous administration that got voted out of office. It's essentially a daily ritual in Korea, Taiwan, Malyasia, etc where corruption is not so much a crime as it is part of the political process. Now before you get too high and might, consider that how many congresmen have been charged with bribes this year... also consider that most of these Asian countries have been democratic for less than thirty or forty years. Exactly how smoothly were things running in the U.S. in 1810 or 1820? How about the Harding administration in the 1920s? I'm just saying....!