Olli Sorainen was convicted last week of aggravated bribery and abuse of public office, but says that a closer examination of the Finnish civil service would reveal "quite a few similar" cases.
  • hydroptic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    27·
    9 days ago

    Finland is surprisingly corrupt (it’s just not the sort of corruption where you bribe cops) and Finns are generally stupid and gullible enough to think we’re not corrupt

    • funkajunk@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      9 days ago

      Don’t worry, any positions that offer some degree of power (such as those in government) all seem to attract the same kind of asshole people. Doesn’t matter where in the world it is, they are all mostly corrupt.

      • hydroptic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Absolutely, but at least in many countries people understand that – here people love to pretend that there is no corruption here at all and that we’re good, honest folk all of us.

        • F04118F@feddit.nlEnglish
          41·
          8 days ago

          I think Plato said philosophers like him should have power. Philosopher-Kings.

          More of a Lenin vibe

  • DownToClown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    8 days ago

    Minister convicted of corruption says that pretty much every other politician is corrupt after he got caught.

    Yes corruption exists in Finland especially on higher levels but this “everyone else is doing it” is just the oldest defence there is.