cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/7643915

As always in capitalism, video games have largely deformed from an art form into just another means to generate profit for large corporations

    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      Okay but the bottom 5 are all capitalist countries.

      Even if that wasn’t the case, just linking a corruption index doesn’t prove your original statement:

      corruption is more common where there’s no opportunity to make money

      Edit: since you’ve edited and added words, let me add:

      I would even go as far as to say that your evidence in fact suggests rather the opposite trend: countries where wealth is more equitably distributed have lower rates of corruption

    • Dr. JenkemAEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      While certainly capitalist, Denmark and Sweden use the nordic model which tends to lean pretty social-democrat/welfare-state.

      Not to mention, much of bribery under capitalist states is legalized and codified. For example, I’m guessing their study didn’t consider Super-PACs as a form of corruption or bribery. Even though that’s clearly what they are.