We're seeing more and more that our democracy's systems only have integrity while the people inhabiting them have integrity. The rules are in place so that a co

We're seeing more and more that our democracy's systems only have integrity while the people inhabiting them have integrity. The rules are in place so that a couple bad apples can't bring down the whole thing, but that assumes the majority are still acting in good faith (this applies to citizens too, not just those in office). No set of rules can make a society functional when a majority of it has decided to be dysfunctional.