I think this is a common theme all over the world where there is a steady increase in corruption with time. But really, this should be expected. Political syste

I think this is a common theme all over the world where there is a steady increase in corruption with time. But really, this should be expected. Political systems across the world are now many decades old. No system can be perfect and with passing time, more and more vulnerabilities are only discovered. Players exploit these to gain power within the system. The one who manages to exploit most vulnerabilities will tend to be at the top, which means in this day and age, you need to be extremely corrupt in order to reach the top of a system. It's impossible otherwise.