As an Indian who has lived in both majorly socialist and now a mixed economy India.<p>I can tell you corruption is way worse under a more capitalist society. Reason is simple, if people are making nice profits why not ask them to pay a little extra bribe.<p>Every one starting from the government to the private citizen is involved. Scams run in the tune lacs of crores, government servants think they are entitled to a bribe, you will be hard pressed to get a driving license without greasing some one&#x27;s palms(I was asked by a license agent, why I was worked up about paying a bribe while I was getting paid well as a programmer), the postman thinks if he delivers a important document like a passport he deserves a bribe(because you are going to US, and will earn well anyway, why not pay me a bribe tip here), clerks in the income tax office rake up all kind of false flags when questioned they will tell you, they put it out if you pay a small bribe. The list is endless. Every single activity or a movement of a file, has a bribe fee on it. Every single one, no matter what activity you do.<p>Lastly this isn&#x27;t just government corruption. Private companies have rampant corruption issues. Even in top MNC&#x27;s managers routinely favor people from their states and people who speak their mother tongue. Promotions, raise, stock bonuses, salary bonuses, foreign travel and many such things are decided based on which state you come from, which language you talk, may be even caste and religion too. God save if you, if you don&#x27;t have a match with your manager.<p>But surprisingly every body thinks, every one apart from them is corrupt. So corruption is somebody else&#x27;s problem. The very same manager who cheats openly will complain why India isn&#x27;t making progress because of corruption. Irony.<p>One guy even told me he was not cheating or doing anything wrong. He was simply &quot;Helping&quot; people from his state.