alt Hacker NewsIt has not gotten any worse. The rapacious greed of politicians in service to their own interest has been universal since the beginning of politics.
It has not gotten any worse. The rapacious greed of politicians in service to their own interest has been universal since the beginning of politics.
History would have some objections to what you believe. In defense of your position, however, the last 40 years (at least in the US) have been dominated by the ethos you describe, and the eras and the politicians who were not consumed by greed tend to be less common than the reverse.