Markos Kounalakis: Why corruption is good for democracy, but bad for democracies
It may sound a bit odd at first, but these days corruption is actually good for democracy. The more blatant and outrageous the behavior of corrupt bureaucrats, party hacks and official shakedown artists – from police officers to politicians – in authoritarian states, the more they actually move their people toward democratic, participatory demands. And, eventually, toward more democratic, participatory states. Ukraine is the prime example of the moment.