Corruption, Poverty and Suffering

The Corrupt Mind

Political corruption as defined by wikipedia is “the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by private persons or corporations not directly involved with the government. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties.”

Points in the definition excludes brutality by police, illegal acts by private persons… i mean come on illegal but not corrupt? government officials should have a responsibility to its people, this basically tell me that you can always claim ignorance and you are a free man. This even points to my suggestion that it is peoples minds that are corrupt nothing to do with the system or maybe….

My argument is that the definition has avoided the most obvious the acts by indivividuals in there non-government capacity. In developing countries there are several matters that lead to corrupt practices and it is never in government capacity. By virtual of someone being a Mr Big ( government official ) in a poverty stricken countries should be corruption in itself.

Poverty

Poverty in most developing countries has lead to people having cossupt minds and i actually think that it is not the governments that are corrupt but the people themselves. The poverty and suffering that people in poor countries go through does not give them much to look forward to as a result its in there mind to think that people in government are superior than then. In developing country even an office cleaner in a government department is superior.

Poverty can lead people to doing things that are unthinkable, believe in things that they would not under normal circumstance. People will take comfort in whatever they feel is a life saver for them. You can not claim to fight corruption when most of the people are in poverty, you can not stop the spread of diseases when people having nothing else to look forward to, the culture of poverty has become a norm

But my main point of drafting this is to try and explore the side of corruption that is not mentioned by many. Ever asked why deases such as TB, Malaria, and HIV Aids never seem to be kept under control? Corruption comes in many forms but the biggest side that no one pays attention to is the people.

In developing countries people early give up on themselves not because they are not hard working but because they do not have the capacity to see things through. When a government calls for sacrifice heads are turned because we all know that you can only ask the people that which you are willing to do yourself, in short people do not commit to sacrifice to develop themselves.
The driver of corruption in developing countries in my opinion is corrupt minds rather than corrupt governments. It is because of this that economies do not really grow the minds are corrupted by selfishness and greed on both parts the government and its people. Going by ie African cultures the government is in charge and the people should follow what it says and or does.

This is not really the case its only that the minds are so corrupt that every effort made by anybody is seen as being bad because well they do not have the qualities that you look for in a leader. By “quality” i mean they do not come from where you come from, they speak a different language some have wasted there life in laters years and they feel hard done by.

Because people are poor leave substandard lives this leads to corrupt minds like the saying goes other animals are more equal than others, but did you ever stop to think why that is?

People on ARVs in developed countries leave long not because the medicine they take is better but because nutritional needs are different and in poor nations they are just not met. But come tomorrow this will be blamed on corruption by government officials. I feel we always pick the wrong fight when it comes to liberating poverty stricken country. We spend more time and money trying to fight political corruption rather than the corrupt mind. A lot of lives could be saved through many means and the government is not always the only solutions.

So basically for as long as there is hunger, poverty, diseases suffering, etc the mind will not change its perception  and those that have the authority and power will always use this to rule over its people.

I want to look into the poverty in poor nations, what really has gone wrong as i strongly believe that it is not the so called governments that are to blame, but more the attitude and mentality and mind set of the people, because they never seem to move from there deep rooted poverty which has lead to even simple health issues be a big deal. because i also ask myself why and HIV positive person in a developed country could leave up to 50 years old where as in developing countries its reduced to under 35 years old even the healthy and people will say the government is too corrupt, WHY?