How Corruption impedes progress

We don't need to start defining corruption as it is a thing almost everyone knows about. Or maybe not knowing exactly but have an idea about it. Yet also, if they have not figured out the meaning, they must have seen the effects of it in.

Corruption comes in different forms and is practiced by different people in different ways. And hardly ever a nation that such becomes endemic realizes progress. A great nation and empire fall due to the habits of individuals. And fighting it off can be dangerous sometimes, especially when those involved in it are also accomplices and complacent about the crime.

Yes, corruption itself is a word that could represent different kinds of unwholesome practices.

In governance, corruption could mean individuals trying to subvert processes and encouraging shortcuts to create an unnecessary bottleneck. The more things are disorganized the more they benefit from it. And most people who encourage it would do everything to keep the status quo.

In the hospital, corruption can be nauseating that even the sick are not spared from the corrupt practices of those who are supposed to care for their ill-health. Some health workers go as far as stealing drugs and medical items that are meant for patients. They aim to go sell them when they have the chance. You get to see individuals whose monthly pay would not achieve the kind of lifestyle they live. But, for them, it is smartest about living the kind of life that you so want. Never do they care if such a lifestyle is detrimental to the patients they have vowed to care for. Corrupt practices around healthcare facilities lower the quality of healthcare a patient receives and in most cases lead to unnecessary loss of life of a patient.

Corrupt practices among security agents: security is another very important aspect of society and it becomes dangerous when those who are supposed to give protection to life and property get themselves involved in corruption. Among the personnel, corruption could be in the form of taking bribes, a former of financial inducement to compromise and let a criminal off the hook.

Corruption can also find its way to court. And this can be the most repugnant of them. Society thrives because everyone feels there is justice and that thread that binds all together is justice. But when Justice is sold as in trade to make the innocent suffer while the guilt goes unpunished then society is only being prepared for a total collapse. And this can be really dangerous as the strong will feaster on the weak without being checked.

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