When @b_obermayer & me @sz received the #panamapapers, we knew one day an even bigger leak would come.
Here it is: @ICIJorg #PandoraPapers.
It shows what we knew all along: #MossackFonseca was not one bad apple. The whole system is rotten.
So let’s talk about it. 1/5
Here it is: @ICIJorg #PandoraPapers.
It shows what we knew all along: #MossackFonseca was not one bad apple. The whole system is rotten.
So let’s talk about it. 1/5
But first: the #pandorapapers originate from 14 offshore providers, all around the world. There are some differences, but all in all it’s more or less the same: Their business is: selling secrecy for the superrich, the criminals & the crooks.
This is their biggest asset. 2/5
This is their biggest asset. 2/5
Politicians are the ones who promised to change that rotten system. We heard their promises now for years.
But the system is not only still in place - it is harboring an endless list of: politicians.
No surprise. Here’s why… 3/5
But the system is not only still in place - it is harboring an endless list of: politicians.
No surprise. Here’s why… 3/5
Those who could change the system do often profit from it. In the #PandoraPapers one can find more than 330 politicians and public officials. Why would society trust them?
And this brings us to the core of the problem … 4/5
And this brings us to the core of the problem … 4/5
If one doesn't trust the system any more – one doesn't trust democracy. The fight for more transparency is therefore a fight for democracy. 5/5
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