I actually appreciate you giving this take a ton because I think it’s important to think about corruption. I think a lot of people just view “corruption=bad” without diving into what it is or its impacts or why, specifically, corruption isn’t a good thing. And that sort of thinking is tied pretty hard into negative stereotypes of non-first world countries. (I majored in geography and took courses in geographies of development so this is very much my jam hah)

I might write a blog post about this at some point and make reference to this comment if I do. I can let you know when I do if you’re interested.

Edit: clarifying the actual nature of my education. Im not looking to Jared Diamond myself lmao