“There may be the top level corruption, like the 10% for the big guy, but not too much of the lower level corruption.”
Are you kidding? We have more lower level corruption than they do by far. Have you seen what is disappearing off of trucks these days? Seen the theft at retails outlets? Seen the grifting in corporations? Federal, State, and local employees on the take and their $100,000 pensions? Welfare fraud? Vote buying illegal alien payments to the tune of over $65,000 a year? We make Russia look like amateurs!
As mentioned, lol saying Russia is losing because of corruption. It is probably less corrupt than the Ukraine, and Russia has taken territory, although certainly not the capital or anything like that.
The US does not have corruption like those countries or say Mexico, but it is a lot more than it seems. The US is ranked with France, Austria, and Japan. However, the systematic corruption of say the medical system, corporation top executives legally stealing, national politicians all becoming rich, overpriced military planes etc. is really bad. Maybe not as blatant as in some countries.
I guess, you are not familiar with real corruption.
You just do not know what are you talking about.
But, I give you credit, thanks to Clintons, Bush, Obama, Brandon, we are on that trajectory.
Reagan stopped the creeping corruption in 80ties, I hope somebody will step up and stop this now.
Otherwise, you will learn what I am talking about, soon.
The “temporary supply chain problems” are good sign of “progress”.