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I hadn't thought of it that way before! I guess that some folks either try to work with the system but succumbed to it before they realise it; or they gave up entirely and join.
A favor here, blind eye there. Then people have something compromising on you, so you do another favor and another,; there are mouths to feed. I've said it before, selling our souls is seldom done in one dramatic moment, but rather incrementally.