Current crackdown : It's not the corruption, it's the conflict.
For me, the only noticeable point on the ongoing crackdown in BD isn't about how corrupt everyone in power is, we all knew of it all the time minus the party blinds. Rather these indicate that there's an on going conflict within the party which is bringing down the rebels by choosing to expose their corruption.
News of this civil war is important as this is an indicator of an upcoming collapse. Every powerful regime in history fell neither because of their corruption, nor for their ruthlessness or their tyranny -- but fell because of their internal conflict.
The conflict being the first sign of a downfall.