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> American culture, and to a lesser extent Western culture in general, encourages this kind of corruption. If your culture elevates individualism and freedom above social responsibility and harmony, then your institutions will be systemically corrupted by selfish individuals.

Which culture are you suggesting does not get systematically corrupted by selfish individuals?

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American culture is much less corrupt when compared to the rest of the real world, instead of being compared to a hypothetical corruption-free world.

You gonna back that up? The "rest of the world" contains various European, Asian and even a neighboring North American country with plenty of readers who would be delighted to see your evidence

https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021/index/usa

27th isn't too bad!

It's my opinion based on my personal experience in various countries around the world.

There's plenty of corruption in Europe, Asia and Mexico/Canada.

> American culture is much less corrupt when compared to the rest of the real world,

Does this mean that it’s the least corrupt place in the world?

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