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Hm, even if not exectly at Greek levels, I'd say cronyism and corruption flourished at federal US level before Bush, too. (Not to mention state and city level, if poemless is to be believed. And not to mention the fact that the way lobbying and corporate campaign finance was/is a legal pastime in the US, corruption and cronyism were effectively legalised.)

Though, for Greek conditions, perhaps the better US parallel is the post-Civil-War period: that was thorough and lasted for decades.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Dec 11th, 2008 at 05:10:18 AM EST
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I can't say I quite agree. of course there is corruption everywhere, but things like cheating on taxes are largely frowned upon and self-policing, until that time it becomes obvious that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. That frays the social fabric and causes ordinary citizens to wonder if they're being taken for suckers. Prior to Bush, this feeling was not so widespread.
by Upstate NY on Thu Dec 11th, 2008 at 10:45:23 AM EST
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