Michael Stahlke
It is best to love first what you are fitted to love, I suppose: you must start somewhere and have some roots, and the soil of the Shire is deep.
Joined
May 2023
I am sorry to keep going back to this well, but this fails even as formal legal pedantry. Corruption does exist not wholly inside the narrow definition of “bribery”.
You can engage in nepotism! Misuse public funds! Perpetrate fraud! Steal state secrets!
The possibilities are legion
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
