Like in many other corrupt countries, corruption isn’t that big of a deal.
Pay a bit to get your documents faster? No problem.
Pay to get out of a speeding ticket? No problem.
But this needs to get normalised first, and I think he is doing exactly that.
Give people with money even more power, so they’re even more above the law, than they’re now.
Countries need years or decades to reverse established corruption systems.
He is speed running the other direction.
I also believe, that he tries to normalise it.
Like in many other corrupt countries, corruption isn’t that big of a deal.
Pay a bit to get your documents faster? No problem.
Pay to get out of a speeding ticket? No problem.
But this needs to get normalised first, and I think he is doing exactly that.
Give people with money even more power, so they’re even more above the law, than they’re now.
Countries need years or decades to reverse established corruption systems.
He is speed running the other direction.
Edit: Just saw KindnessIsPunk making a very similar statement, but probably put it better, than I did
https://sopuli.xyz/comment/23741774