A bribe gets you nothing after what you paid for it.

Blackmail has “interest” , everytime you do one thing so they don’t disclose it, they can blackmail you about that too.

It’s built into the system, the first bunch of times you do something, it’s nothing and you’re paid a lot. But after a few times suddenly your only payment is not being turned in for treason.

You gotta treat it like terrorists and fascists and just refuse to negotiate.