• DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Bribing someone also has to work on an interpersonal level, especially big things like this, the ones being bribed need to at least not really care.

    Here I think they really don't like the rich, racist, arrogant,, anglo pimp who hangs out in "their" country to do human trafficking. So noone wants to help him. "Don't shit where you eat" is a saying for a reason, but he is too alienated to realise that he lives in a society.

    This is mostly vibes based analysis though.

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      2 years ago

      His face being all over the news (his fault) doesn't help his chances either. If he just walks people are going to ask questions and investigate.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Also Romania wants to be viewed as less corrupt, so chances are if your arrest is this high profile there are going to be a lot of eyes on it, making people less likely to accept bribes.

    • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      the way I see it, arresting such a public asshole is too valuable of a :im-doing-my-part: against human trafficking to even bother with a bribe. It creates a real "yay the death start is destroyed" moment for everyone to clap and go back home to liberal business as usual.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Yep, in life as in fiction, the primary question most people ask when they see someone is "Who is this asshole and why should I care".

      While most people and societies have developed answers of varying success, I can't even think of something Tate could do that would answer that question for me if he was asking me for a glass of water in a desert and I was Queen of all of Ceres.