• Skyrmir@lemmy.world
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    The bribery potential of those officials violating the laws they’re publicly supporting is the problem.

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      True. Which is why it should be legalized and regulated. Very difficult to bribe someone with something they can just have whenever they want.

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        Hoover amassed significant power by collecting files containing large amounts of compromising and potentially embarrassing information on many powerful people, especially politicians.