Yesterday, I had a conversation with a Czech raised outside of the Czech Republic. So, we spoke in English.
I told him about the lie that Detroit is bankrupt, and how the bankruptcy lawyer is living in an expensive apartment paid for by the mayor, and how the workers at GM lost their pensions so that banks could be paid, and other horrors of capitalism.
And he answered by saying, "So, you have corruption too?"
And I said that Czechs were naive in imagining that only they had these problems.
When I said that, I imagined I was being brave, but I wasn't. What I really think is that the problem is capitalism. It is a distraction to speak of corruption as if the problem were merely bad individuals.
Recommended Links:
New report exposes lies used to justify Detroit bankruptcy, World Socialist Website,
22 November, 2013: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/11/22/detr-n22.html
The Guardian's article on the Demos study:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/detroit-accused-exaggerating-18bn-debts
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