I understand why intelligent aliens would not want to communicate with us. If they know anything about us and how corrupt our leaders are, it would be stupid to

I understand why intelligent aliens would not want to communicate with us. If they know anything about us and how corrupt our leaders are, it would be stupid to make contact. I'm only slightly intelligent but if I had access to all the resources I needed on my own planet, I wouldn't want talk to any of our leaders either.