And your arguments rest on the assumption that politicians and voters are rational, surely? My bet is on individuals to act in their own best interest. Likewis

And your arguments rest on the assumption that politicians and voters are rational, surely? My bet is on individuals to act in their own best interest. Likewise, politicians have every incentive to act in ways that benefit themselves and their friends at the expense of everyone else. In both cases I acknowledge the capabilities of these humans to use their own brains to think, but only politicians have an incentive become corrupt.