the first impulse would be to replace the "crooks" with "untouchables". but we know this does not work. if the system is poorly designed it will eventually engu

the first impulse would be to replace the "crooks" with "untouchables". but we know this does not work. if the system is poorly designed it will eventually engulf and corrupt or mislead anybody, no matter their moral fabric the fallback, then, is to "change the system" (eg constitutional law changes, new checks and balances etc) so that people do the "right thing" by default sounds great (even if a tall order). except this won't work either. there is no real "system" to change. you can write perfect laws and people will simply agree to ignore or subvert them if they are not internalized. we are after all just a collection of homo sapiens with our transient and volatile mental states if I had a magic wand with a single spell I'd change the teachers. and hope that the generation they educate grows and takes control fast enough...