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Comment by masondixon | Hacker News Reader

I think this is called hustle, is it not?

Is this not proof the media is losing touch with reality...

This is generally called corruption, when a politician uses their political influence to give favors and influence to family and friends.

This kind of corruption is not necessarily illegal if you do it right, but it's looked down upon because it means you're using the office for personal gain rather than the gain of your constituents.

I think I'd call it cronyism or nepotism.

If his company isn't qualified or they are getting overpaid then I'd call it corruption.

It stinks either way.

> I think I'd call it cronyism or nepotism.

I'd call those specific forms of corruption.

It's possible to hire friends/family without it being cronyism/nepotism, if they're as qualified (or more) than other job applicants.

What gives you the impression they aren't qualified? According to their marketing material at least, they specialize in making governments more effective and accountable. I'm actually glad that those concepts would be welcomed in the Trump Whitehouse.

Hustling is not that hard if your father-in-law is the president and your wife is a government official. Sounds more like blatant nepotism.

It's called hustle if you are not the son-in-law of the boss. Sorry that's rude, I guess this guy is just a brilliant genius, born lucky.

Next you will tell me SV is a meritocracy...

Nepotism is the opposite of hustle.

A hustle is lying about your abilities to trick weaker opponents into taking bad bets. Nepotism is getting a job because you are related to somone in an organization. So, I wouldn't call them opposites of each other...

But if you are given something because of nepotism, it means you didn't hustle for it.

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