oso Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 No, the principle is self-preservation. A jail is very bad place to run business from. If you deliberately violate even arbitrary law-for example, don't pay taxes, you commit an act of self-sacrifice-your business, your health and you very life for sake of some Quixotic doomed struggle. No you don't. You're assuming that you can never get away with paying a bribe. That isn't the case. A bribe is a risk, but it can be a pretty negligible risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 OSO " that doesn't mean we need to accept all of government. " You cannot be selective in accepting of government. if you think that situation is so bad that you simply cannot live and produce-get out. Emigrate and find some more acceptable society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) No you don't. You're assuming that you can never get away with paying a bribe. That isn't the case. A bribe is a risk, but it can be a pretty negligible risk. Not if it became a way of life and a substitute to the law. Edited August 28, 2012 by Leonid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oso Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Again, we don't discuss here some quick fix, but a sustainable way to live and to conduct business in the long run and in the rational way. If you think that bribery could be a way of life then you deceit yourself. I thought that you were saying that bribery is immoral. By this post it seems all that you're saying is that making bribery too large a part of your life is impractical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 This is altogether different issue. India is not a socialist country, but mixed economy, pretty much as all other countries in the West. Not true. India is much more socialist than Western countries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 I thought that you were saying that bribery is immoral. By this post it seems all that you're saying is that making bribery too large a part of your life is impractical. Whatever is immoral is also impractical. This is the basis of the Objectivist pro-life morality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Not true. India is much more socialist than Western countries One can argue about different ingredients in the mixture. I don't think, this is terribly important. The principle still the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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