Written with the tongue in cheek; read it the same way
This is a call for all corrupt people to band together and defend themselves. It is becoming fashionable to blame the corrupt for all the ills of society. Actually corruption is a by-product of the values practiced by a society. When you worship money and do not much care how one earns it, corruption thrives. Corrupt people are not creatures from another planet; they are our neighbors, friends and members of the community. To be frank the corrupt are not born, they are made. Society is geared up to breed corruption, and when it erupts, takes cudgels to root it out. What a cruel joke!
Materialism drives people to own things and to equate happiness with gadgets. People admire those who live in magnificent residences surrounded by acres of gardens and who travel in expensive limousines and flaunt their wives draped in gold and diamonds. The poor middle classes admire them from a distance and the only way to ape them is to practice corruption. It is forced on them.
There is magic in power. Money gets you power which in turn brings you more money. The first money comes from corruption. When money plays such an important role in winning elections and grabbing power, how can you expect people to be honest?
Gandhi stipulated that his followers ought to renounce their wealth and worldly possessions to join him as humble servants of society. Such equations do not exist now. Poverty is despised; people who remain honest and poor are laughed at. They are encouraged to amass wealth by any means. It is no wonder politicians and bureaucrats, with so much power in their hands, use it to earn millions and stash it away in safe havens.
When Cricketers, who know only how to throw and hit balls, earn millions, how can the politicians remain powerful and penniless? Until you are caught, you are honest, and you can’t blame them if they manipulate the law to escape. Do you blame the waiters for getting tips? why do you blame the corrupt for getting larger tips? Why do you call it corruption and shame them.