It is hardly original or surprising to anyone that I harbinger that most politicians, starting off fresh, honest, idealistic, loyal to the voters and willing to work, quickly convert to being Washington insiders.
Most veteran politicians lie, cheat, steal, invite bribes, follow, seek to grow government, over-promise and under-deliver. They secretly feel contempt for the voters, and that they are entitled to their public office, and that it is their job to shake the voters down, and regulate them to death, running their lives.
How do we solve this problem? Despair and giving up will not work. We need politicians but we need hardworking, honest ones. First, we put in term limits. Second, we downsize the government radically by decentralizing power and wealth back to the state and local levels.
If any of us were that politician, we would soon be as corrupt, mendacious and power-hungry as the rest of them. We are basically evil, all of us. We are eminently corruptible, and none are immune from turning rotten. A society of anarchist-individuators would keep power decentralized and create citizens-politicians that were almost incorruptible.
Citizens must keep all politicians on a tight leash. We must believe nothing that they tell us, and we have to monitor them constantly to see what they are up to. They are servants of the voters, and that is all they will ever be and be allowed to be.
This system is not perfect but it is the best available. As soon as we think we are immune from power-sickness (like handlers of Sauron's ring), we are already in decline and centralizes power, hurting lives by limiting personal liberty.
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