I too hate corruption. 
It&#x27;s the main reason why the south of Europe is doing so badly.<p>If corruption was lower where I&#x27;m from, Portugal, we could easily double our GDP.<p>Corruption makes people miserable and not only the ones forced to pay the bribes.<p>It&#x27;s like an unwritten and arbitrary set of rules that turns simple transactions into negotiations.<p>This not only saps energy and time but it is also deeply unfair as you are raised in a set of official written rules and moral guidelines that in practice are not observed are useless and can downright hurt you if you follow them naively.<p>I think corruption is one of the reasons why Southern European countries are so economically conservative and risk averse. 
It is much more difficult to have a business in these environments.