> "People aren't good and presented with opportunity, they act quickly to aggrandize themselves using whatever means are necessary." I largely agree with your

> "People aren't good and presented with opportunity, they act quickly to aggrandize themselves using whatever means are necessary." I largely agree with your statement [1], but I do wish to point out that the usual libertarian response to this is that it applies equally to state institutions, and that Kafkaesque state systems can often veil this behavior from the public better than an individual can veil his own misbehavior from others. [1] My only nitpick is that focusing only on the opportunity side of aggrandization ignores any potential risks, so inferring inevitable aggrandization from bad people + opportunity isn't the complete picture.