We are better than the Chinese. We hypocritically deny engaging in such activities. As Frank Knight, the Chicago economist, supposedly said, "You should not criticize hypocrisy; at least hypocrites aspire to noble ideas."
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 09:48:19AM -0700, Jordan Hayes wrote:
> Michael Perelman writes:
>
> >... he mentioned that cheating is an integral part of Chinese
> >culture ...
>
> Wait, it's not an integral part of US culture?
>
> It's the very foundation of imperial capital!
>
> Here in the US we're surrounded by cheaters, it's almost not even
> worth making the distinction between "regular" behavior and
> "cheating" behavior.
>
> # "If you're not cheating, you aren't winning"
> # -- motivational speakers everywhere
>
> /jordan
>
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