Getting rich already means you have a higher drive from greed, allowing greedy people in positions of power doesn't mean it makes them less corruptible just tha

Getting rich already means you have a higher drive from greed, allowing greedy people in positions of power doesn't mean it makes them less corruptible just that the corruption is on a higher level and degree. Instead of an official taking a bribe on a briefcase full of cash there are layers of indirection, contracts between companies, some kind of trust somewhere that benefits from it, someone gets employed in a position of power like the board of some company, etc. It's funny because I grew up in a very corrupt country (Brazil), nowadays when I compare the corruption I saw there with developed countries I've lived at the main difference is how brazen and shameless it is in Brazil while in developed places it has more layers to be stuffed into, and veneers attached to it to hide it away.