>>>>Most of the top thieves in government learn it from the businessmen who bribe them.
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>>>Like all parasitic environments, both depend on each other. If gov people were unapproachable, biz people could never teach them.
>>>You could also argue that bizmen learn when getting into contact with already corrupted officials
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>>One would say that corruption is generated by their contact. OTOH, it's said for the current crop that they are the teflon politicians - whatever they do, it doesn't stick, their PR teams find a way to make it slide off. So I'd guess it's actually the power that attracts those, on both sides, who are already infected.
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>Very personal POV is that the surrounding environment changed markedly and such feeding niches are less dangerous today compared to times when puritanic work ethic was the foundation to be proud of money earned.

It's not your grandmother's teflon, this is new technology. Starting with the mantra "greed is good" and progressing in that direction.