I don’t know

I often think about Africa . How it’s so wealthy and a lot of people in it are extremely wealthy yet the poverty there is extremely intense . Maybe itS not corruption , maybe it’s maliciousness . Maybe the majority of them are just cruel hearted, that they could stomach the things happening and not join hands to stop it .

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MarkPaul · 26-30, M Best Comment

Well, it is mostly a case of institutional integrity and the lack of institutionalized ethics. Specifically, it is assumed that siphoning off wealth to those holding power is part of the plan.

In contrast, in Western democracies, yes corruption still does take place, but it's not assumed or built-in as part of the way things are intended to operate. Basically, it's a cultural mindset.