Transparency International defines corruption,
as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” Then it lists the
least and most corrupt nations. Not surprisingly, the ‘wealthiest’ are the
least corrupt. Not only is this definition at the core of all oppression, but
also at the core of White supremacy, aka racism, and all other kinds of
discrimination like gender, age and ethnicity. It is at the core of slavery,
colonialism, neo colonialism and whatever you choose to call the current
system.
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Figure 1 Reposted in an Article by Michael B. Kelly, Business Insider,
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So something is seriously wrong when the wealthiest most developed
nations, built on the backs of the oppressed, become models of ethics.
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Corruption kills
Racism is a ‘private gain’ reserved for one race at the expense of another. Police power is ‘entrusted power’ that protects
any challenge to the corruption. The killing of the poor, and this too often
means 'Black', is a gain to whom; which private interest? We need only look at
the whole of the history since Columbus to see which private gain. The Columbus
expedition as well as the Dutch West India Company and the British West India
Company were private corporations, with entrusted power, protected by the state.
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Figure 2 Reprinted from an Article by Michael B. Kelly in Business
Insider, The 17 Most Corrupt Countries, 12/3/14
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So how is it that Europe, its allies and satellites, sit at the top of the ladder as the least corrupt?
Not surprisingly, these same nations sit atop the ladder as the greenest countries: according to The Climate Reality Project. The beneficiaries of this continuous exploitation and extraction of human and other resources smile contentedly as the cleanest, greenest and furthest away from the ravages they have wrought elsewhere.
The corruption reality and
the green reality is just an extension of the same thing. It must be real nice
to be on top.
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| The Climate Reality Project |
This is not to ignore what is
going on in the ‘least green’ and ‘most corrupt’ nations. But look at the 17 most
corrupt and then think about recent US and Allied military intervention. These 'corrupt' countries are aalso the most invaded, occupied, and interferred-with:and by the least ccorrupt. What would it be like to be on top or be
the beneficiaries and not the victims of ‘development’ and write the narrative? Our reality says, not
much different and, that Mike Brown and Eric Garner and the list of unarmed persons killed by police are the latest in 400 years
of history and even before.
Corruption is a seemingly unstoppable virus and its
everywhere even among well-meaning social commentators who with a smirk claim
the best for themselves.
Racism is corruption by another name: but its not
factored into the index by Transparency International.
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