Funmurphys: the Blog

Vive La Difference

Another scandal, another politician resigns in disgrace. OK, it happened in the Czech Republic, but it's something that happens everywhere. And it's the sort of thing that may lead you to believe that democracies are more corrupt than dictatorships. But the true difference is that in functioning democracies corruption is found out and punished, while in dictatorships even if the corruption is found out it is rarely punished.