A similar bias arises from the occasional tendency to view political patronage elsewhere as being more corrupt than the same practices at home. For example, when the East Asian financial crisis broke out, there followed a systematic attempt to pin the blame on the affected countries: “crony capitalism” allegedly had somehow crippled their economies!
另外一种类似的扭曲行为表现在认为其他国家比自己的国家更腐败。比如说，东亚金融危机爆发之后出现了对受影响国家的系统性指责：认为“权贵资本主义”拖累了他们的经济。换句话说，那些东亚领导人的熟人和捐助者都是“权贵”，那么难道美国领导人身边的都是“朋友”？