Heh, you’re doing a good job emphasizing what I’m worried about in Finland. Almost anyone you talk to about us not doing enough about corruption, you get a very defensive response. And arguments that include “Finns love to say”, followed by a strawman argument such as your “that we are very corrupt”.
When not being corrupted becomes such an important part of a national identity that suggesting we might be creeping towards more corruption is seen as an act against national cohesion, we are taking a dive into dangerous waters. In some decades we’ll run head-first into a rock wall with this. Corruption exists everywhere and if you ever manage to remove the last bit of corruption, more will simply appear. Once you get complacent and (even just mostly) stop fighting it, it will devour you.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
The ranking isn’t about who has no corruption but who has the least corruption. That’s all there is to it, really.
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
I’m glad you understood that at last.
Also, regarding Finland it’s showing incorrect numbers because our corruption is structured in a a very peculiar manner.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
I’ve been saying that the whole time. You’ve been fighting against windmills, sorry to say.
I don’t think that is supported by studies or reports. As much as we like to feel special, we really aren’t even in this.
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Or, ro be precise, I’ve been trying to say that even though the corruption here could be much worse, it is a problem thait exists and Finns feel so super uncomfortable when you bring up the subject that they get very defensive, which inhibits their ability to work against corruption in their country.
One way this can be commonly seen is that someone assumes I must be an idiot having such a view and assumes I then don’t understand basics such as “being among the beat doesn’t equal being perfect.” You’ve been assuming I’ve been fighting a windmill while there hasn’t been anyone near the windmill. You’ve heard my sounds, bur somehow mislocated me. And then you’ve spent some time trying to get me away from a windmill without noticing you’re at a wrong place.
Maybe now, knowing that I hadn’t had the misunderstanding you thought I had, go read my comments again and you’ll see a different message in them. Please?