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Many aspects of PG&E should bring to mind developing countries: corruption, graft, incompetent management, etc. It's an embarrassing situation to be in, and both PG&E and the state government are culpable.

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TIL graft = political corruption, using ones political office for personal gain, misdirecting public funds to private interests.

Shocking! (not really)

So it's the state's fault that PG&E is corrupt? Please.

No, they're independently corrupt, and have overlapping interests.

So how is the state culpable for PG&E's corrupt behavior?

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