OK, so finally you got to the point. LMCs bribe powerful local people to do otherwise illegal or unethical things.

The fault is mostly with those corrupt local people. The message should be "down with the Nigerian generals", or "down with corruption", but not "down with free trade". Free trade in itself isn't a problem, which is what I expected all along, and now you've agreed to.

But those politicians and generals don't have a big name, they don't have a presence in the west, they're anonymous and faceless to outsiders, so it's easier to forget them and find an easier target.



Originally Posted By: ImagingGeek
This is a old and well understood problem. I'd recommend reading up on the post-1960's


No. All your reading has left you lazily following the same rhetoric as all the drug-smoking spoiled rich-kids.

Last edited by kallog; 09/22/10 06:27 AM.