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I guess I'd agree. I'm just quite pessimistic and view that almost all people are quite corrupted and checks and balances of a sort reign it in.
It's easy to over generalize but I think it's important that we focus on developing systems that account for power enabling currupt individuald. We've seen attempts at this throughout history. It doesn't mean those attempts have failed but rather that curruption (and it source) evolves just as much as anything. Currupt people will always find their way into places of power because it's what they inherently want. It's our job as citizens to constly come up with new ways to out smart them