re: #229 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Edited: First of all, no, I don’t think they do own the means of production. Where are you getting that from? Second of all, yes, they’d be kicking money back to themselves. That’s what corruption is.

Not in my mind. Corruption in this scenario is colluding with someone else (family, friends, business cohorts, ex cellmates) to make them money. Giving money back to “the government” is just government money not spent. Once it leaves the government to someone else then it is corruption. “They” already have that money to spend, giving it back doesn’t make them any richer.

Possibly not the means of production. How about the means of capitol for that production?