We will always have corruption, just like 'the poor will always be with us'. That's because both are defined as a percentile of general conditions. It's something like 10%.
In the good old days, corruption was taking flowers from a visiting dignitary. Nixon only planned an information-gathering party. Now look at us.
If we start from the squeaky-clean 50's, corruption was well-hidden, and confined to Chicago. I also define something called Intellectual Corruption, which was close to zero in those days. Corruption itself is defined as gaining a short-term advantage to other's detriment in the long term.
I have said that top-level corruption of the wine, women and song variety (wws) has prevented nuclear war. All the old guys do not want to give up under-aged girls. That eppie guy was just a party planner. Would they stand out in the crowd now? Even if we finally get the famous trumpy tapes from Moscow, who cares?
-- end of Part 1
ps Man, this is making me depressed. No more on this. Fini!
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