What is Occupy Wallstreet?

[eppie]

I think Somalia is pretty bad off, worse than Afghanistan at it's worst. It's worse than a bunch of crime lords engaging in savagery against their own people. The Taliban had a repressive theocratic structure, and from what I've heard, justice was somewhat arbitrary, but at least it was a social structure. In Somalia, if you have something, someone will kill you, take your stuff, and there are no consequences.

I didn't want to start a new topic for this:

http://www.transparency.org/policy_resea...10/results

Kandrathe, we often have the discussion about government power and taxes, and we end up with the question if you or I wouldn't change our minds if we were living in another country. I live in a country were the tax burden is high but where we also get back a lot.....so I am positive towards taxation.

Note that the lowest corruption is in countries that are also always topping the lists of 'best country to live in'. And apart from some city states and countries like Switzerland and Luxemburg (that can't really be compared to other countries) most of the top 10 are pretty social societies.

It also gives a good idea of why in the north of europe many people don't want to help the southern european countries live through the eurocrisis anymore. If they don't change their nepotistic and corrupt politics and social structures it will be a matter of time before a new cirsis strikes.