Bribery Debate

Discussions center on whether certain payments, deals, or practices involving government officials or businesses constitute bribery, with debates over definitions, legality, and distinctions from taxes or lubrication.

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Sample Comments

techlover14159 May 17, 2025 View on HN

How is this not straight up bribing?

apwell23 Sep 20, 2025 View on HN

why do you say its a bribe? where is actual money going?

yincrash Apr 17, 2015 View on HN

Please describe how this is a bribe.

euroderf Jun 19, 2025 View on HN

It's not bribery. It's lubricating the machinery of government...

cowardlydragon Sep 17, 2016 View on HN

It's called a bribe, folks.

coding123 Aug 14, 2021 View on HN

There's always bribery involved. You're just not aware of it.

ahaseeb Jan 13, 2020 View on HN

People can be bribed and that's the basic flaw

shmerl Jun 21, 2018 View on HN

Isn't such deal called a bribe in normal countries?

naniwaduni Feb 13, 2023 View on HN

Not all bribery is equally easy.

optymizer Apr 23, 2012 View on HN

so is this more like bribing politicians or more like paying the bad guys to be left alone?