In the phrase "you _____ follow the law",

- Most of Latin America is 'should/oughta' - North America is more like 'have to' - Europe is 'need to' - And majority of Asia is simply 'WILL'

(disclaimer: I'm from LatAm)

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andai an hour ago | parent | next [-]

What's the difference between those last three?

	▲	jghn an hour ago \| parent [-]
		"have to": If I don't, they'll shoot me "need to": It is a moral imperative for me to do this "WILL": Because of course this is the case

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alephnerd 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> And majority of Asia is simply 'WILL'

Nope. It's also "should/oughta" as well - even in developed Asian countries like South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan where bribery in development tenders is treated as cost of doing business.

GAN Integrity [0] and the Yeun Yuen Ang's unbundled corruption matrix [1] is the best way to think about corruption and judicial compliance risk.

To quote the 2016 remake of The Tick:

"Goat: I'm going to speed-dial the police

Arthur: You pay organized crime weekly to protect your store and you say nothing

Goat: At least the organized crime is organized"

LatAm isn't that different from much of Asia - the only difference is the bulk of FDI that would have gone to LatAm shifted to Asia in the 1990s-2000s because of stronger linkages thanks to Japanese and Taiwanese financial partners.

[0] - https://www.ganintegrity.com/country-profiles/

[1] - https://oecd-development-matters.org/2020/06/25/unbundling-c...

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Rover222 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Africa: what is law?

	▲	cute_boi an hour ago \| parent [-]
		in Africa small bribe is sufficient.