• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    That’s because Australia is lower than Germany on that particular list. Australia has a massive corruption ring particularly in NSW, but they also have housing projects, single-payer medical, and full subsidized higher education degrees.

    TBH I agree they should be ranked lower, they’ve been declining in the score given by Economist Intelligence Unit since 2012, I expect their score will continue to decline in 2024’s rankings.

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      7 months ago

      It’s 12 and 14, barely a difference.

      Stop being so delusional about your country.

      You had corrupt politicians selling masks during Covid and getting kickbacks, you allow politicians to also be lobbyists, that’s institutionalised corruption.

      62% of Germans feel government corruption is a big problem in your country.

      https://www.transparency.org/en/gcb/eu/european-union-2021

      You have a ruling class and you’re burying your head up your arse to pretend you don’t.

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        7 months ago

        Only 44% of Chinese are worried about Corruption, are you saying that means China has a more functioning democracy than Germany?