It starts on the much smaller scale, perhaps with sweets off a counter, but can quickly escalate if not challenged. Some the hands down men (and women) I have worked alongside as Prison Chaplain began their life of crime by pinching chocolate bars.
However, I don't feel that memek could be the answer. It is similar to trying to fight, making use of their weapons, doing what they. It won't work. Corruption of politicians becomes the excuse for that population increasingly corrupt their own self. The line of thought is "Since they steal and everyone steals, same goes with I. They generate me accomplish it!".
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