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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2024 18:24:34 UTC Bernie

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   • Hypolite Petovan
   • Beko Pharm

   @hypolite @bekopharm I no longer live in Italy and I have no evidence of corruption other than the suspicious autovelox placement, but Italians seem overwhelmingly supportive of Fleximan. I learned about it today from national TV news: they made an attempt to report from a neutral standpoint, but the journalist couldn't hide a smile 🤭

   • Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2024 18:24:35 UTC Hypolite Petovan

     • Beko Pharm

     @bekopharm Assuming that there's a baseline of government cleanliness across the EU is misled. A summary search shows that transparency.org rates Germany 79/100 for corruption perception (the higher the least corruption people perceive) while rating Italy at 41/100, it's a completely different cultural paradigm even though both countries are in the EU.

     Still, I agree with you on the defensiveness and self-rationalization of drivers, but I believe it is irrelevant to this particular situation.