> What I'm saying is the US broadly has low corruption. I don't have to pay a bribe to get my drivers license or to get through the airport.
Low compared to who? Third-world countries? Again, just shows how far we’ve fallen that these are the comparisons being made. The problem with the US isn’t direct low-level corruption, it’s systematized high-level corruption.
> Broadly speaking you can't purchase bills or laws, and have to convince the public.
There is a multi-billion-dollar lobbying industry whose purpose is essentially this, but through legal indirect channels. And the public are so ill-informed that spending money = convincing the public.
> The US has issues, but any supposed lack of data privacy laws isn't due to corruption, it's due to the will of the people
I tend to agree with this, but if there ever was broad momentum to strengthen data privacy laws, systematized corruption would stymie it. And is likely already actively suppressing it.
Low compared to who? Third-world countries? Again, just shows how far we’ve fallen that these are the comparisons being made. The problem with the US isn’t direct low-level corruption, it’s systematized high-level corruption.
> Broadly speaking you can't purchase bills or laws, and have to convince the public.
There is a multi-billion-dollar lobbying industry whose purpose is essentially this, but through legal indirect channels. And the public are so ill-informed that spending money = convincing the public.
> The US has issues, but any supposed lack of data privacy laws isn't due to corruption, it's due to the will of the people
I tend to agree with this, but if there ever was broad momentum to strengthen data privacy laws, systematized corruption would stymie it. And is likely already actively suppressing it.