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Authoritarian leaders are seen as far more trustworthy than politicians in more openly democratic countries across the emerging world, according to data compiled by the World Economic Forum.
Leaders in Singapore, the Gulf states and Rwanda are rated as having the highest ethical standards in the emerging markets, closely followed by their Chinese and central Asian counterparts.
In contrast, politicians in democracies such as Brazil, Paraguay, Nigeria, Mexico and Romania are seen as exhibiting the lowest ethical standards.
Overall, among the 20 emerging market countries rated as having the most trustworthy politicians in the 2016 survey, 13 are rated as "not free" by Freedom House, a US government-funded non-governmental organisation, with three classed as partly free and just four classed as free.
Among the 20 emerging markets whose politicians are seen as having the lowest ethical standards, not one is classed by Freedom House as not free, with six free and 14 partly free.
https://www.ft.com/content/79d1ce36-8ca9-11e6-8aa5-f79f5696c731
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Text without charts: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2016/10/1823541-polls-show-low-approval-of-the-ethical-standards-of-leaders-in-latin-america.shtml
(Score: 4, Insightful) by cubancigar11 on Wednesday October 19 2016, @06:05AM
You have to look at it from a historical perspective. Developing countries had very different morals, system, priorities and culture before western colonialism. Colonialism uprooted that and instead setup a system which mimics developed countries but is, by design, subservient to the leaders. When colonialists left, they left the void on top, which was filled very fast (and at behest of western countries) by the most corrupt people.
Unlike developed countries, where people actually wield some power and system has to maneuver around them with media propaganda, people in developing countries don't have any power. They are looking a way to replace/"correct" the system. Hence the love for strongmen who can break the system where its needed.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday October 19 2016, @02:14PM
Let's not forget that Western corporations have actively worked to undermine honest democratic governance in 3rd world countries where they have financial interests. The Unaoil scandal [theage.com.au] last year blew that wide open, though people can be forgiven for not remembering it amid the torrent of news about proven vast, evil conspiracies coming across the wire these days.
In other words, yes, corrupt people have found their way to the top of those countries, but they had a lot of help from criminal organizations called corporations to get there.
Washington DC delenda est.