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No true scotsman, huh? Like it or not, power corrupts. the more centralized, the more power, the more corruption.
by viggity 11y ago
No true scotsman, huh? Like it or not, power corrupts. the more centralized, the more power, the more corruption.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoTransparency negates corruption, centralized or not.
- kbutler 11y agoThere are lots of corrupt governments that are pretty open and transparent about it. I'm not sure that transparency can trump centralized power. When you get enough centralized power, you get to do what you want, whatever others think. Quick google search: http://info-a.wdfiles.com/local--files/resursi/Catharina%20Lindstedt.%20Daniel%20Naurin%202003%20Transparency%20Against%20Corruption%20_Accepted%20version_.pdf http://info-a.wdfiles.com/local--files/resursi/Catharina%20L... "reforms focusing on increasing transparency should be accompanied by measures for strengthening citizens’ capacity to act upon the available information if we are to see positive effects on corruption. "