People are tolerant of corruption or economical scams because one reason

[SamReomo]

Even if the people will do something about it, I think it will still won't be stopped especially that those involved in corruption are those sitting in the government with their higher positions. But maybe the early action of the people might minimize the corruption happening in the government because some might feel guilty before they plan to join the corrupt system.

When someone wins elections then people can't do anything that's true for most countries. The politicians have so much power that they use when needed and citizens of a country can't really do anything against such corrupt leaders.

They can't even change the corrupt system because in politics the corruption is in the minds of the politicians, they only want to get elected to they can have power to take country level decisions. The citizens can't do anything that's why they only speak with each-other about the system and can't do anything else.

[Zaka1221]

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If you see around you financial crimes corruption and you not benefit of it ....then ask yourself where does the profit comes? Off course from honest ones like you its only matter of the time when it will affecting you you see others falling allready even educated omes law abide citizens honest ones ..... you haven't fall yet, ask yourself when it's your turn? It will come , because more gains and profit corrupted political leaders and financial criminals like bankers does it .....more it needs total loss and failure of average person lifes!

I don't think that people are ignorant because they are just focusing on their own lives rather than others. In today's time, people are struggling to meet their daily expenses, they are struggling to get jobs  they have a lot of family responsibilities and some of them are also facing huge amount of debt. So I don't think that they have time for all of this or to follow every financial crime that is being committed by institutions and by the politicians. Similarly corruption does not mean that people will become financially destroyed or that they will become homeless.

Having independent court, strong institution, transparency,  free journalism and public accountability can limit its impact. The issue become problem when people start taking this as normal thing and stop demand for better system. It is responsibility of citizen to learn for themselves how corruption is going to affect investment, taxes, public services and economic opportunities and they should also support institutions that make this type of abuse harder to commit.

[Somegory]

If the leaders of the country is bad and probably getting away with alot of illegal activities this will also motives the citizens into doing bad things and they will always blame the system but let's ask ourselves this question, who are we all deceiving? Ourselves.

If your reason of going bad is because your politicians are bad then you all will be draining in the same problem forever, what you are doing is creating a harder place for your children and the will suffer for it.

When bad things becomes the normal no one will care about anyone anymore, you aren't going to raise kids you are going to raise criminals

[DrBeer]

When the issue of corruption comes up, it’s usually attributed to certain echelons of power in the country, the government, law enforcement agencies, the police, and so on.
But no one ever, or almost never, mentions, or deliberately forgets, that widespread corruption is generated by us ourselves! Think about how many times each of us has, at some point in our lives, sought out and used a "friend of a friend who works in the right place", said "I don’t want to pay all my taxes", offered "Let me give you a little something, and you’ll get the paperwork done quickly", or suggested "Let me give you a little something, and we’ll forget about the speeding ticket", and other similar situations? Yet we demand honesty and an absence of corruption from the government...

[Cheema02]

Whether you benefit or not from the said corruption, you should not tolerate others from doing corruption most especially if its about government funds. The government is the people, so the funds of the government are the funds of the people, and we should not let one corrupt official to take advantage on it. Just because he is in position makes him easy for us to trick and continue corruption. Corruption by all means will always carry a negative outcome and worst is, its always the majority that get to suffer the consequences, that is why we should stop it or not tolerate it, the earlier the better.

Corruption is the main and basic reason behind every underdeveloped country, so it's never tolerated, even at a minor level or at the government level. Here's the question is why we allow specific individuals to use our money just for their expenses in the form of funds. Do you believe that if a slightly harder policy can be used, then any change can be observed? So, yes, if the public builds unity and builds pressure on governments to strengthen policies, then countries are going on the right path.

I believe that funds can be used for health, education and technology to help in that area. But the truly shocking thing is that, in our countries, corruption has become part of our society, and that is lethal. So governments should build a proper strategy to control it and have zero tolerance, especially in this field. Can our unity add a little effort against corruption? Yes, along with the government, it's also our duty as citizens to play our role honestly in every field of life and also keep it in check and balance, and if we observe it, then officially report it to the concerned parties.

[gracreavix]

I don't think people are ignorant of corruption. If you look at it closely, people do complain. If they complain, that means they hate it. So why then does it prevail.   It's simple. Many things can cause it. What if they report and they don't have security for themselves. The person that stole the funds might kill them. So they just shut up like nothing happened. Some want to report but the system won't take anything to action. So they just leave it as it is. So many things that they want to do about it. Some it's because someday they also will benefit.

[yudi09]

If you see around you financial crimes corruption and you not benefit of it ....then ask yourself where does the profit comes? Off course from honest ones like you its only matter of the time when it will affecting you you see others falling allready even educated omes law abide citizens honest ones ..... you haven't fall yet, ask yourself when it's your turn? It will come , because more gains and profit corrupted political leaders and financial criminals like bankers does it .....more it needs total loss and failure of average person lifes!

The principle of not engaging in corruption is not taught to children from an early age. As a father, I take this to heart for my own children. The fight against this crime should be instilled in future generations from the very moment they begin learning the alphabet in school. Giving gifts isn’t always a positive thing—it can actually become the starting point for teaching corrupt practices. We must not be apathetic, yet we often unconsciously view gifts in the form of goods as a form of appreciation.

There is no such thing as tolerance for this crime. Not only does it take away what is rightfully ours, but corruption is a crime more dangerous than murder.

[TheUltraElite]

Corruption is in every sector in most countries, we have to learn to live with that.

Because if you start opposing and start to make things public you might face problems staying safe. The people who are powerful are mostly corrupt as well and hence they can pay for anything they need to get done and make any person disappear.

People lose money because of corruption in some other sector but we cannot help that unless we keep changing the government every now and then, again that does not lead to any positive growth in the country either.

[HajiBagi]

The people of our country have become so accustomed to seeing corruption and criminal tendencies that they have learned to accept corruption as a normal occurrence every day. In fact, we give the opportunity to those who commit corruption by electing them. When they participate in the national parliament elections, we elect them with our valuable votes and after we elect them, they start abusing their power. Since we ourselves elect them and put them in power and after coming to power, they misuse their power and become directly involved in corruption. Since we as citizens have given them an opportunity to commit corruption by electing them with our valuable votes, we have no other option but to accept it silently at this moment. That is why the politicians of our country are involved in corruption the most and we as the people have no other option but to accept it silently.

Sometimes i blame the citizens who elect the corrupt politicians no matter what they do, but sometimes i don’t blame them because some politicians used power to do what they like, and when they use their power, they get what they want, some of the countries you see that are corrupt is because the politicians have power to control ghe country and the citizens, when it time for elections, the politicians will do anything and make sure they win the election even when the people don’t vote them.

Corruption is something that i see no one can fight against because it is everywhere, I have seen many people tried to fight against corruption and at the end they end up in a problem and regret at the end, corruption start from our grandparents and i don’t think no one can fight against corruption, because even some citizens are also corrupt.

[Crypto_Timothy]

People own ignorance of corruption and crimes are so high until system will eat them alive in this meatgrinder economic system until they are homeless in debt and helpless, only then they realise that's the system and then they will talk about honest system and hate corruption, until they got home got food on table people don't think anything should be changed.

I was having this conversation with a friend about how in my country what we have come to accept as the normal, we do it because we are comfortable and have adjusted our lives to live or rather survive in the environment and you will only see people protest or contest when the power is not in their favour. I feel if we wanted to change as a country in one week and everyone who is actually feeling the heat of the economy just decide and say this week, something must happen and I bet something indeed will happen. Social media is very active in this era, whatever the government does, it would definitely get a global view but as you pointed out, it is until either food has finished or helpless that's when people start questioning government

[Miles2006]

If I’m not benefiting from it doesn’t mean I wish to be part of it so I can also benefit, as a citizen who is powerless against the politicians, government, it’s best to stay tolerant. Power now rules, if anyone should stand and fight it’s still bad for the person’s wellbeing because those in power will definitely make life a living hell for such person, the only right left is voting power and it seems the power is slowly taking out of our hands although not in every country but, the countries facing this problem is more in comparison. Corruption should not be seen as something normal, society facing this problem finds it difficult to move forward when the leaders don’t prioritize the economy growth rather their personal gain.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Greed and not being satisfied with what they have relate to scam intentions, even though this is not a reason to engage in illicit activity, because fraud is not what we should bargain for when we are expected to go against it completely. There is no excuse for being involved in a scam because it does not have justification; we do it to hurt on others' feelings, which also accompanies the intention of taking away what belongs to them.

[Dogedegen]

When the issue of corruption comes up, it’s usually attributed to certain echelons of power in the country, the government, law enforcement agencies, the police, and so on.
But no one ever, or almost never, mentions, or deliberately forgets, that widespread corruption is generated by us ourselves! Think about how many times each of us has, at some point in our lives, sought out and used a "friend of a friend who works in the right place", said "I don’t want to pay all my taxes", offered "Let me give you a little something, and you’ll get the paperwork done quickly", or suggested "Let me give you a little something, and we’ll forget about the speeding ticket", and other similar situations? Yet we demand honesty and an absence of corruption from the government...

I mention this a little on page 2, but not so explicit with examples like you. Corruption of systems is built up from the bottom, so from the foundations. People like to complain and point fingers at those at the top, but the issue of corruption exists because widespread corruption is present on these lower levels like you mention it. As I wrote in my post, people criticize the corruption of other groups but when they get benefit from it then they keep silent or sometimes even defend it. In some direct examples we can sometimes see how far a human will twist the story or the situation to justify his own corruption while criticizing the corruption of others. Only when this widespread corruption has decreased much more could be maybe see more honesty and biggest absence of corruption from the government. Until then there is no hope for that problem..

Greed and not being satisfied with what they have relate to scam intentions, even though this is not a reason to engage in illicit activity, because fraud is not what we should bargain for when we are expected to go against it completely. There is no excuse for being involved in a scam because it does not have justification; we do it to hurt on others' feelings, which also accompanies the intention of taking away what belongs to them.

I wonder if it is so simple about greed and why it shows this way. Can someone be greedy but do things the hard way? We usually call such a person ambitious for some reason, but could this not be very similar then? If a person cuts corners and has a higher chance to cheat then he is greedy, but if he is not satisfied but keeps working hard for it then he is ambitious?

[Antotena]

I don't think people are ignorant of corruption. If you look at it closely, people do complain. If they complain, that means they hate it. So why then does it prevail.   It's simple. Many things can cause it. What if they report and they don't have security for themselves. The person that stole the funds might kill them. So they just shut up like nothing happened. Some want to report but the system won't take anything to action. So they just leave it as it is. So many things that they want to do about it. Some it's because someday they also will benefit.

Even if you are ignorant of corruption, in the side of the law there is nothing like been ignorant. If you do something bad, you will sincerely pay for it. Even by culture and norm, people know what corruption is but the society they live in don't care, this is why many people don't care about all of this things, people don't care about how it affect the society, the people around them as long as they are benefiting from it even if it means it will affect people's life.

Tell me why a person in charge of health care sold things that are meant to be free. Just for your information, the government makes provision for HIV drugs to be free but when the patient visit where they are going to get this medication, they are been sold to people at expensive price. Why should a person want to make money on another's person health when they knew very well they depend on the drugs to stay healthy, these the common problems the society has made normal.

[Adiljutt156]

No one cares about the leak until the water reaches their own ankles. Systemmic corruption apathy comes from petty corruption thats condoned or normalized around us. Actually many of us less literation about how to detect fraud near us, especially detecting fraud at the government and state levels because there are legalized corruption where fraud covered by governmenet policies, new regulations, or laws enacted by the authorities with.

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I do not agree that people have tolerance to corruption because it is being normalised in certain cases. People can see it and they know that things are getting wrong, but they still remain silent and choose not to speak up against it because they know that their system is not trustworthy or they fear the consequences. People who depend on employers or powerful individuals remain silent because reporting corruption can create problems for them.
Economic problems including depreciation of currency, inflation and the increasing amount of taxes, cannot automatically be the evidence of government fraud. There are other factors that can cause them. If an official is having a very wealthy lifestyle, there is no proof of corruption, we cannot say that without having proper evidence. Instead of blaming people for being apathetic, we should be more focused on making institutions stronger, having transparent investigations and also having protection for whistlebowlers and fair enforcement of laws

[abhiseshakana]

No one cares about the leak until the water reaches their own ankles. Systemmic corruption apathy comes from petty corruption thats condoned or normalized around us. Actually many of us less literation about how to detect fraud near us, especially detecting fraud at the government and state levels because there are legalized corruption where fraud covered by governmenet policies, new regulations, or laws enacted by the authorities with.

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I do not agree that people have tolerance to corruption because it is being normalised in certain cases. People can see it and they know that things are getting wrong, but they still remain silent and choose not to speak up against it because they know that their system is not trustworthy or they fear the consequences. People who depend on employers or powerful individuals remain silent because reporting corruption can create problems for them.
Economic problems including depreciation of currency, inflation and the increasing amount of taxes, cannot automatically be the evidence of government fraud. There are other factors that can cause them. If an official is having a very wealthy lifestyle, there is no proof of corruption, we cannot say that without having proper evidence. Instead of blaming people for being apathetic, we should be more focused on making institutions stronger, having transparent investigations and also having protection for whistlebowlers and fair enforcement of laws

I agree some of your argument about not all wealthy official is corrup and not all bac economic condition as evidence of government fraud. What i want to show there are separation between people being silence because affraid and people being silence because certain coruption practice have become socially normalised and both can be occur simultaneously.

This is petty corruption which practices in my country that have become an open secret  and any people consider these practices normal and understandable :

• cigarette money , giving to official to speed up or make smooth administrative matter.
• paying bribe for traffic ticket settlement with consideration time is money to spend at court.
• giving gift to official after get services.
• using relation (insider) to expedite the afministration.
• paying informal fee.
• asking help within government agency for bypassing procedure
• giving something to techer, lecturer in the hope of receiving special treatment.
• Asking colleague to sign the attendance sheet or clock in on one's behalf when absent.

What more interesting not only people who receive but people who give often doesn't feel that they engaging in corruption. At least those what happen in my country with under the pretext of just token of appreciation, part of culture after all, everyone so it too, i am not causing loss to country, etc. This is where corruption got social normalizations and come to play

[alastantiger]

Greed and not being satisfied with what they have relate to scam intentions, even though this is not a reason to engage in illicit activity, because fraud is not what we should bargain for when we are expected to go against it completely. There is no excuse for being involved in a scam because it does not have justification; we do it to hurt on others' feelings, which also accompanies the intention of taking away what belongs to them.

Some people are so used to corruption that it has become part of their living and they will accept it without knowing that they are being scammed. The government have found a way to scam them that they do not know when it is happening and if they do, Only them can not stop the government because they need others to help vote out the corrupt govenwmmt through elections but the other citizens that they need have still not realized that they are being scam and that is how the  bad govenwmmt keeps staying in power.

[lombok]

Some people are so used to corruption that it has become part of their living and they will accept it without knowing that they are being scammed. The government have found a way to scam them that they do not know when it is happening and if they do, Only them can not stop the government because they need others to help vote out the corrupt govenwmmt through elections but the other citizens that they need have still not realized that they are being scam and that is how the  bad govenwmmt keeps staying in power.

The normalization of power abuses that can endure over time tends to numb the critical consciousness of the masses on the manipulation of the law. Administrative frauds in some regions are masterly camouflaged by authorities until it becomes the norm and the citizens have incurred losses regarding their systems and somehow are oblivious to the fact that their rights as citizens are being stolen away.

Reform the system by voting lot should be made with an adult sense of collective political awareness and a critical thinking ability. The vulnerability of conscious citizens in the midst of a majority of voters who are used to compromise, gives weight to the side of corrupt governments which hold on to power with impunity.

[mirakal]

If the majority are doing corruption and they don't even get sanctioned, well what do you expect others will be doing too? Of course, they will also follow what majority is doing, or just leave the system because it becomes the new trend where the heads and leaders are certainly into corruption.

They tolerate it not because not because they start to like the current flow of the system, but because they have no choice than to keep silent.

[Dogedegen]

I agree some of your argument about not all wealthy official is corrup and not all bac economic condition as evidence of government fraud. What i want to show there are separation between people being silence because affraid and people being silence because certain coruption practice have become socially normalised and both can be occur simultaneously.

This is petty corruption which practices in my country that have become an open secret  and any people consider these practices normal and understandable :

• cigarette money , giving to official to speed up or make smooth administrative matter.
• paying bribe for traffic ticket settlement with consideration time is money to spend at court.
• giving gift to official after get services.
• using relation (insider) to expedite the afministration.
• paying informal fee.
• asking help within government agency for bypassing procedure
• giving something to techer, lecturer in the hope of receiving special treatment.
• Asking colleague to sign the attendance sheet or clock in on one's behalf when absent.

What more interesting not only people who receive but people who give often doesn't feel that they engaging in corruption. At least those what happen in my country with under the pretext of just token of appreciation, part of culture after all, everyone so it too, i am not causing loss to country, etc. This is where corruption got social normalizations and come to play

There are different kinds of corruptions and we can't judge them the same way. Let's take your example to compare it, giving some cigarette money to speed up some administrative matter. Compare that to stealing money that was meant to go to the poor and homeless. It is its own league, we can't even judge it all. The issues are many when it comes to this subject, we are more tolerating of small or petty corruptions because there are big corruptions all around us. Also petty corruption is not the same, the cases there can also be different.

In one case you can have some cigarette money where the clerk does extra work to help you with the paperwork or guide you nicely. This is not the same as them manipulating the paperwork for you to obtain something that you otherwise couldn't, that would be very big fraud. One reason for which cigarette money is needed in some countries is because the bureaucracy is very slow, so we can see this actually as an informal market forming to solve the issue for those that want to pay. I do not know what the solution to this problem is, but if we had less big corruption maybe people would start to become more strict for smaller things too. What is not a good solution is to focus on petty corruption that does not harm others like this cigarette money, that would be a very inefficient way to approach this problem.