As long as government has existed, ever since one ape put into force the concept that he (que feminists..) was the best ape to rule the tree, we have had bribes. Ever since that damned ape went and degraded apedom from its heavenly state of anarchism, the world has had bribes. This shows that the Syrian people are much closer to what secularly developed Darwinian evolution intended for government than any 'Developed' nation in the world, and thus more secular in their government and governance. Corruption indexes should be taken as reverse counters of a state's secularism.
But I fret we might be turning back to... socialism. We are in a dire time people. Not because a revolution wants to turn us into a democratic civil state, but because our current autocratic state dares to go against nature and bring the very wrath of mama earth upon us, by BRIBING ITS CITIZENS.
Nature intended for the ape in need to bribe the capable ape. Nature intended for the regular, civilian ape to trade in certain items or services of value, in return the ape expects the ruling ape committee to quicken the bureaucratic processes of the time, which usually included screaming, large rocks and multitudes of bites inflicted by many individuals, sometimes of different species. Nowadays, A human civilian 'oils', as the saying goes, the 'palm' of the
The Syrian Regime went against this. The Syrian regime decided on paying off its diesel consuming citizens with a 25% subsidy increase on diesel prices. This is very good for the average smuggler on the Lebanon border, who has been given free hand, mind, to rule his realm by the government in these dire times. It goes very well for the micro drivers, who can stare down any demanding citizen who dares ask for a lowered fare. But the normal citizen, who usually uses diesel in the winter to heat his family, is buggered. Diesel is useless to the common man in summer, and by The Time This Is All Over, the government will have crushed the freedom-wanters and will be strong enough in its own dotting eyes to raise the price of diesel threefold. Or if all doesn't go to plan they'll be broke, but thats the freedom-wanters' problem. Jeddah has enough oil and diesel as it is, it doesn't get that cold down there anyway. Them liberal economist should shut up in the mean time. Its their fault we're here in the first place. Bring in the Soviet PhDs!
The Syrian Regime also bribed students with free marks, of the like given to the most loyal students for their non-religious fervor towards the forward march of the Baas party. For they know the way to the light, and lo, we verily gaveth them markeths! This is even worse than the first example, as the strong, strong Syrian government that has an army so powerful no fly can enter Syrian territory without being buzzed and tailed by the most modern of interceptor aircraft, an intelligence apparatus so intelligent and knowledgeable it knows the exact time each and every terrorist wakes, sleeps, and eats, and a border control scheme so tight floods stop at the border lines as if parted by the hand of moses... This mighty government is bribing the weakest and poorest students, the ones who barely have enough money to eat, never mind buy their grades like good students should.
It is such actions of corruption, or negative-corruption, that should be refused by any good Syrian. We are a forward thinking people, and we should refuse any attempts by our government at bribing its way out of this. Bribes should be payed by citizens to government officials, not the other way round. That is how nature intended for things to be.
