I suggested to some friends here in the Philippines

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1. I've worked with people from The Philippines,

Nigeria, and many other countries. They would say that corruption was bad in their countries and I would say that it is worse in the US. In most other countries corruption is small bites at every level of society. In the US, 99.9% of the corruption is at the top. It is invisible to most of the population. In the financial crisis in 2007-8 we glimpsed for a moment the corruption in the banking system. Many people understand a bit about the corruption in the "health care" system. Now, the Republicans are taking corruption to a new level which will likely suffocate democracy. And most of the US either cheers on the pillage or stands idly by in apathetic stupor.