On: 90% of China's billionaires are kids of high-ranking officials

[garply]

I can't imagine that it's harder to bribe people in China than in the USA. In fact, I think much, much more bribery per capita happens in China than in the US. The Chinese legal system is very weak.

[vaksel → garply]

not harder per se, but there its done as a backroom deal. In USA, we just call it lobbying and campaign contributions.

[varjag → vaksel]

Still, the U.S. political system allows for such an outlier as Obama[1] to get on the top. It would've been impossible if it was only the issue of getting the most lobbyist beef behind.

[1] Not idealising him here, but his ascent was both extremely untypical and very American at the same time.