Underdeveloped countries

[Fiatless]

There are always those who say that the government is a picture of the people especially in a democratic system, which means from the people, by the people and for the people, this is not about who is wrong but often we as a society blame the government without reflecting on ourselves first that the people are also accustomed to corrupt actions.

Or it could be that even a good and honest person when entering into a system that forces him to be bad then he will become a corrupt person too, the question is when people around you are still in the upper middle class and live better while you are in a bad situation, well that question can be thrown back into yourself.

You are right that the political system is a reflection of society. Politicians are not aliens; they came from the same society. An example is my place of work, where you would be forced to embrace corruption. If you don't want to join them, they will begin to seek means to implicate you.

It will take a fearless, competent, and transparent leader to fight corruption. China was ruled by corrupt leaders until a new set of leaders who had the interest of the people took over the government.

[viljy]

Backward countries therefore remain in such a state that without their poverty there would be no rich developed countries. In other words, the wealth of developed countries is provided by the poverty of backward countries. This has been going on since the colonial era. And so it continues to this day. It's just that colonialism actually remained, but changed its form. Now colonialism has an economic character.

Backward countries are always led by the Comprador elite, who are only interested in their own enrichment. These are not patriots (although they may call themselves that), they are hypocritical cynics who often hold power by rigging elections or simply using armed force.

[TheUltraElite]

Many of these governments also has hungry mouths to keep satisfied with the money that comes in. Often in less developed countries militia groups are controlling the government and they have a large appetite. To keep them happy the spending becomes big and when that spending stops the politicians end up decapitated or throw off a cliff and what not.

It is not all roses and red in the side of the government, what we might think on the citizen side.

Still I dont see any overnight solution to such problems that have been there since decades. Often the governments were brought to power by the help of these militia, so they have to listen to what the latter says.

[maydna]

@OP is right, if corruption exist on the country, that will just a matter that they will ruins themselves. In underdeveloped countries, corruption is a serious matter so clean officers should eradicate the matter before everything becomes bad. Perhaps there will need revolution to clean the mess but if that happens, citizen will be the victims. People who corrupt just smell the money and take it as much as they can without thinking how their citizen will lived. It needs many things to cleans the corruption and a long way to do that.

[tottong]

Everyone knows what should be done, but most people aren't interested in doing so, because it's more comfortable to maintain the system how it is. For some, it's preferable to play the victim's role, instead of taking responsabilities and making efforts they aren't really interested in doing.

There's a phrase we often hear we shouldn't rely on anyone but ourselves. Perhaps the outline we're trying to discuss illustrates why the situation is increasingly complicated, as most people prefer to stay in their comfort zones rather than strive for a better life.
Poverty is more likely caused by individuals who are lazy and always blame the government for not providing jobs. While this may be true, if people don't make the effort to change this mindset, it will be difficult for them to develop.

After all, people from third world countries somehow enjoy saying poor of me for not having access to this or that or for being abused by the political class (while endorsing one of the sides of the political polarization).

And if you try going against this system, these same people who say 'poor of me' will immediately put themselves against you for threating the modus operandi they are used to...

Power plays a significant role in a bad system of power, and this is where corrupt and greedy leaders are usually born. Criticism is silenced, and society is forced to accept all conditions. Ultimately, power kills the character of many who are critical of constructive criticism.
That's why I say that relying on the government will sometimes only make it harder for someone to progress, and we should find our own way to build a much better life.

There's no shame in working odd jobs as long as it can generate income. When we save that money and use it to start a business, it's much better because growth will slowly lead to the development of our business, and it may not be fast, as patience is needed, and consistency will shape the character of a more experienced individual.

[348Judah]

Poverty is everywhere, it's first start from the state of mind and you can discover a poor person in any country, what only make the difference is the rate at which you discover days from a particular country than the other, today it is very possible that even in a developed country you discover there are some people that are very lazy to work.

They prefer to live with the mentality of being poor or soliciting for arlms than using their bare hands to work and earn, some government do also take it a responsibility to feed the jobless in the city providing shelter for them and other social amenities, while all these could not be achieved in a developing country.

[Agbe]

It's always the kind of government where corrupt officials abuses and always have higher benefits than their people. Just like in PH, a presidential republic kind of government system are always in the list of poorest countries, where corrupt officials always have the remedy to escape and acquited, rebels (leftist) can be a government official too, laws that are anti poor, higher crime rate, higher education illiteracy, laws that always benefits the oligarchs and their allies in government. No progress, just shit.

You have written the fact. In Africa, I will say Nigeria leaders are the most corrupt leaders in the Whole World. I am saying this in public because it pains me when the citizens are suffering after electing the leaders in their various positions and offices. Recently, $160,000,000+ US dollar were discovered from audit in the National Petroleum Company Chairman or leader account. And the Senate President Akpabio said they should leave the case. And a Senator was advocating for prosecution of the corrupt leader but the legislators are also protecting the crime. And the only solution to such nonsense is for the masses to have revolution against them. And another problem is the police and the army because they are also supporting the corrupt system.

[SatoPrincess]

This is the reality of my country. The politicians continue to rob the nation dry and take loans from other countries just to fill their pockets while the masses suffer. Every year, thousands of women and children die from malaria, WASH diseases, and hunger despite having outrageous national budgets for infrastructure, roads, and clean water.