cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/7643915

As always in capitalism, video games have largely deformed from an art form into just another means to generate profit for large corporations

  • xorEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    That’s a pretty drastic statement to make without evidence

      • xorEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Okay but the bottom 5 are all capitalist countries.

        Even if that wasn’t the case, just linking a corruption index doesn’t prove your original statement:

        corruption is more common where there’s no opportunity to make money

        Edit: since you’ve edited and added words, let me add:

        I would even go as far as to say that your evidence in fact suggests rather the opposite trend: countries where wealth is more equitably distributed have lower rates of corruption

      • Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tubeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        While certainly capitalist, Denmark and Sweden use the nordic model which tends to lean pretty social-democrat/welfare-state.

        Not to mention, much of bribery under capitalist states is legalized and codified. For example, I’m guessing their study didn’t consider Super-PACs as a form of corruption or bribery. Even though that’s clearly what they are.