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Yes, this is a general argument against government. Government always tends towards corruption, so allowing it the total control of anything ends badly.
by reedjosh 5y ago
Yes, this is a general argument against government. Government always tends towards corruption, so allowing it the total control of anything ends badly.
- willvarfar 5y agoAnd places without strong government also tend towards corruption. There was an interesting article on HN yesterday about the failure of nation building in Afganistan https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28271799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28271799
- dv_dt 5y agoAllowing total control of anything with no input from those affected ends badly. It is independent of if that concentration takes the form of a corrupted government or capital accumulation or a warlord. Of those only a democratic government at least has the theory of responding to those governed. Either forms tend to be a hierarchical application of power with few checks.