Very true. That’s why it’s a good idea to pay your muscle-for-hire a decent wage. Otherwise, guard labour tends to seek out other income opportunities, usually by exploiting those less powerful than themselves (and often to the detriment of the official employer). Of course, the kind of person or organisation that’s compelled to hire guard labour in the first place is often a cheapskate, so the petty corruption grows as a matter of course. Something to look forward to as inequality grows.
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