The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a “worrying trend” of democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists.
Experts and businesspeople rated 182 countries based on their perception of corruption levels in the public sector to compile a league table that was bookended by Denmark at the top with the lowest levels of corruption and South Sudan at the bottom.
The Corruption Perceptions Index, organised by the campaign group Transparency International, identified an overall global deterioration, as 31 countries improved their score, while 50 declined.
In particular, the report identified backsliding in established democracies, warning that events during Donald Trump’s presidency and the revelations contained in the Epstein files could fuel further deterioration.
His making a masterbaitorbase, for the kids, he needs to know every web page you considered whacking off to. Age restricitions which just so happens to let them put a name and face to every account and run everything they do through ai threat detection run by palantir types.
The making protest illegal, disallowing defenses to protests, cancelling jury trials for up to 3 years in prison with their hand picked by the old boys magistrate just imperiating your guilt, in a direct repudiation, cancellation of our ancient freedoms in the Magna Carta. And of course their bad faith proscription of protest groups as terrorists, of their corrupt treatment of those accused of being terrorists. Their pleasure in abusing them, laughing, ha ha. It’s fun to beat up the do gooders, it’s funny because they can’t fight back. Get it? I feel like you don’t get the joke, …