Is a government nonexistent of corruption capable of happening?
This question hasnt been discussed about on this site in five years, so I want to know everyones viewpoints based on our current u.s. government.
Inspired by Bohemian and PrayerFails debating "Proof that liberals are illogical":
**Bohemian:** This has always been the nature of things, those in power tend do things that keep them in power, but it doesn't have to be that way. If we were to create a system in which power is more evenly distributed then we would see a drop in corruption. We've heard the old adage "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely".
**PrayerFails:** Please describe to me what system doesn't have corruption!! Do you think socialism doesn't have corruption and greed?
**Bohemian:** As long as humans are involved no system is absent of corruption. Certainly some systems are more corrupt than others, dictatorship and theocracy being good examples. I strongly believe that either capitalism or socialism in it's purest form will ultimately fail. The most successful governments on earth have some mixture of the two.
So basically, Bohemian appears to be saying that corruption is undesirable but some level of it is inevitable. Is he right? Or is there an as yet unconsidered form of government which is immune to corruption?
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Humans will always corrupt a system. Its the reason communism does get a bad Rep. Marxism in a sense is a Utopian form of government but its so susceptible to corruption. (examples being North Korea, USSR, Vietnam, Cambodia. which are more rightwing than Marxist.) And people have planted the same into socialism and democratic socialism which aren't as corruptible. But Every system is susceptible to corruption. You cant stop it. Ever |
