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Spammers Bribe Russian Officials
hellkyng writes with a transcript of interesting chat logs in Krebs on Security. From the article: "Leaked online chats between the co-owners of the world's largest pharmacy spam operation reveal the extent to which illicit organizations in Russia purchase political protection, and bribe public officials into initiating or stalling law enforcement investigations."
Except the spammers are corporations. And the bribes are campaign contributions. And the public officials are, oh they're still public officials.
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Spammers Bribe Russian Officials
And polluters bribe Chinese officials and large companies bribe American lawmakers and logging companies bribe South American governments and ... well, this list would get ridiculously long if we kept it going. I would be willing to bet that the spammers that operate in the United States have to grease the wheels at their banks and who knows where else? Hell, in Mexico, the police basically make you bribe them on the spot whether you can take a hint or not. You could probably say "Spammers Bribe Officials" and no doubt it's universally true.
My work here is dung.
socialize healthcare in the worlds largest economy, The United States. With no need for a competitive alternative market for healthcare, pharmacy spam will die overnight.
now you might say "but athletic shoe spam will surely overtake the market after this" and yes, I can solve this problem as well.
Include with each pair of new athletic shoes a picture of the representative atheletes average home, as well as that of an employee of the shoe manufacturer.
now I know some worry that perhaps the markets would shift to peddling pornography in greater fervour then?
This is excellent! as we find now the market saturated with nudity and sexual content the likes of which Extremist religious terrorism could never triumph against.
Genitalia is relegated to being simply another mundane element of the human physiology, and we can return to doing more interesting things as a society like finding cool bozons and curing diseases and exploring space.
dont forget me come november. I'm running with taco as my vice president, you know.
Good people go to bed earlier.
In Russia it's called a bribe, in the U.S. it's called "lobbying".
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
Must be pretty horrible being you, unable to trust anyone.
There was an implicit "with power" after that "they can't be trusted". The only awful part is seeing people making the same predictible mistakes (e.g. hoping that Obama would be different).
The idea that life is a game, and the one who is richest (in money terms) when he dies wins is relatively primitive.
I would agree absolutely. What does this have to do with the rest of the thread though?
Many people in government work because they want a better world, and not for the money.
They are the biggest fools of them all.
Yes, I am idealistic. I think it is that what it takes to be truly alive.
If you don't see the world realistically, you won't ever know what needs to be done to reach your ideal. The ideal is peace and freedom. A realistic look at the world tells you that this is incompatible with authority.
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