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That's the result of capitalism, though. What else would the markets do? A corporation would be extremely stupid not to do these things. You can't have one without the other. And if the government was somehow incorruptible, as long as there was capitalism, corporations would still do their best to corrupt it.


Large governments increase the agency effect and incentive for corruption. Many smaller governments operating as a federation decrease both of these. It gets to a point where it isn’t worth the effort or risk to try to corrupt the government because you would have to bribe too many people and the payoff is too low.




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