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TJD@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Sorry, I was using the actual definition of a bribe, not your “everything he ever gets is a bribe” nonsense.

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PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/…/bribe

Fits the bill.

If my workplace can consider gifts higher than $50 dollars as bribes, then I sure as shit can count dozens of vacations and full ride scholarships as bribery.

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- jimbolauski@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  A bribe is more than a gift, there needs to be an action to betray their responsibly, ie undue influence. Your parents are not bribing you by buying you a birthday gift.
  
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  - PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    On top of that, he is in fact a Supreme Court Judge, meaning his rulings effect literally everyone. Any and all gifts towards him absolutely can lead to conflict of interests, as is shown in the above 3 links. That’s bribery.
    
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    jimbolauski@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Conflict of interest != bribery Unethical behavior != bribery
    
    Bribery is a gift for an action. Nothing you have posted shows that Thomas acted due to a gift.
    
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