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Be careful what you wish for. In the absence of corruption (a state in which people do things for material advantage) one gets ideology (a state in which peopl
by eadmund 5y ago
Be careful what you wish for. In the absence of corruption (a state in which people do things for material advantage) one gets ideology (a state in which people do things for ideological advantage). With a corrupt individual one may buy him off to ensure peace and tranquility; with a true believer in an ideology there is no way to buy peace and tranquility other than to obey his ideology.
Addendum: and if there are two opposed ideologues, there can be no peace and tranquility.
- lamontcg 5y agoOr with descent into corruption there comes the predictable turn to ideology which promises to clean it up (and make the proverbial trains run on time). So if you don't want ideologues coming to power, don't tolerate corruption.