Baksheesh is a salutation,
not a potlatch, a way of acknowledging and rewarding strangers simply for their
company, not a demonstration of power. But it is also a bribe, in that it
obliges reciprocity, for to refuse is rude. If baksheesh promotes solidarity, it is not corrupting of society at
least in one dimension. What then is bribery?
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