Living as an American in Kenya give me a lot of perspective to what the logical endpoint is if certain government practices get put on steroids, such as this.<p>While in the United States it sounds alarmist to think of this all as a system of organized, police-mandated shakedowns, that&#x27;s very common here. In 4 out of 5 times I hear folks get pulled over by cops, the driver had to pay a bribe. Police regularly go to businesses demanding regular payments else they shut down the companies.<p>I wouldn&#x27;t have give this a second thought before, but after living here, I see what its like living under degraded institutions.