> Nobody wants to be the elected official who irradiated their constituency Ummm... I wish it were that straightforward but I can't be confident of that. Power

> Nobody wants to be the elected official who irradiated their constituency Ummm... I wish it were that straightforward but I can't be confident of that. Power doesn't balance out as much as we'd like it to. There are a lot of elected officials who are ok with doing as bad to their constituency and they get away with it fine. And by get away that might mean they don't get another term but they take their money and go live a life of leisure. No jail time, nothing of major consequence. And usually they'll keep playing the political corruption game using the connections built up. (Eg: bringing in "preferred investors" for a "commission") Reality around political power is ugly af :(