Democracy is not perfect, but of all the systems of government known today, it’s the best because it is a system in which people participate in determining their destiny, directly or indirectly. If you agree with the above, you would agree that no good thing, except air and sunlight, comes for free. Corruption is the price we pay for democracy because corruption is the oxygen that keeps democracy alive. But at what cost?
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Corruption is essential for democracy because democracy requires elections, and elections require loads of hard cash to first buy the ticket to contest and then more hard cash to buy votes to win.
Having said that, a reasonable limit would be appreciated.
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