• CTHlurker [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    you should see some of the faces people make when i refer to those parasitic consultants that plague the public sector as corruption. A lot of times people think I’m being hyperbolic, but I genuinely think those types of partnership is as damaging as a public official just pocketing the money that was supposed to go to a project. Coincidentally, those consultants are also the main reason why all public projects cost infinitely more up here than anywhere else.

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      1 year ago

      For what it’s worth you gotta respect the grift. As far as forms of social control go, at least the gravy train of ‘consultants’ is a bit more stable than ‘so, uh, the mayor hired his daughter and she spent this year’s school lunch money hiring a big rock band for a party panem et circenses style so you can distract yourself about that one time the mayor fired everyone in the local hospital and kicked your dying grandma to the streets’.

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      Seems like such a no-brainer, especially when the officials in charge are always revealed to be friends with the consulting firms. But I would say most public procurement is atleast somewhat corrupt. People should read about the New Karolinska Hospital in Sweden. It’s the most expensive hospital ever built, and I think you can guess why.