Why can power corrupt the people who attain it?
396943
This is personality type related.  Most, in time, give in to the temptation to use control of people for their own personal gain.  There are however specific personality types that abhor corruption of this type. A Myers-Briggs type indicator of an ENFP is this type.  They sincerely want to use their power for the gain of others and despise it when others use power for themselves.\n\nOther types are more or less susceptible to being corrupted.
251028
Its all about power to them and nothing else.  They always have their eye on a bigger prize and most wont stop at anything to get it.  Its sad but it is the way it is.  I dont know of a single politician who wasnt crooked in some way or another.
164925
All governments have some sort of corruption, and I'm not sure it will ever be solved.  It is important to remember that certain people are blamed for being corrupt when they aren't and others aren't blamed when they should be.  It depends on who the media hates that day!  Usually, when one politician blames another for being corrupt, it can usually be revealed that (s)he is corrupt in certain ways as well.  Though it doesn't make our politicians right, compared to other govt's I think we have it pretty good.  We could be like Saddam's old Iraq and worry about being thrown into a tree chipper for dissenting.
103751
Corruption has been around since the beginning of time.  It is bad because it invariably has severe negative effects on individuals.  Fight it with the truth.
505444
favor corruption how?  in this government?  corruption will always be in the world no matter where u go because there is always one bad apple who is greedy...there is no way to police greed
1037478
Wealth and power corrupt all over time.
677313
corruption in government is a given. as far as i know the data to support the claim that the number of corrupt politicians is increasing are incomplete. so we cant really say. it could only be that people are becoming more aware of their leaders' corrupt ways.
309791
There are a number of reasons. The riches are exploiting the poor. In the industries the workers are not getting their remuneration according to the labor they provide there. The rich countries are exploiting the developing counties. Corruption is another reason. The person who has power in hand earns money through corruption and that money belongs to the people of the country. If the money is properly distributed among the people there can not be any poverty in the world.
854688
Unfortunately, you completely misunderstand the problem.  Why is there corruption in all governments?  Because those in the governments have power!  The less power a government has, the less it will attract those who are power hungry.  Conversely, the more power a government has, the more it will attract those who are power hungry, and it is the most power hungry that are the most corrupt.  That is why the founding fathers, wisely, limited the power of our federal government severely.  Unfortunately, people have been more and more willing to give the government a bigger and bigger budget and more and more power, which attracts the very people we least need in such a position.  People continue, though I can't imagine why, to think that it is only a matter of "cleaning it up" to get a better situation.  The truth is that if the government was limited again to what it was supposed to be in 1790, there would be little motivation for the power hungry to take it over.  And, even if they did, it wouldn't matter anyway because of the severely limited power!  Talk about a win-win situation.   I think we are in for more of the same, unless the people finally say 'enough is enough,' and take away the unconstitutional powers of the government and the enormous budget they have.  Unfortunately people look at government as a benevolent big brother instead of the necessary evil our wise founders did.  Too bad, things will only get worse.
972534
It brainwashes people into thinking they should have power and let others dictate over them and decide everything based on power.
70911
theres probably rules or something, that they cant use thier "powers" for personal gain...... or somthin' like tat....:)
893505
People have free will to prove themselves worthy or not. A lot of people will be doing this life over till they get it right.
895732
well some use power for good and they make the most out of it to help . others let power go to their head and become evil and do evil things and forget about decency. or they just had an evil heart before they had power . or a good heart.
255938
Because there are people in the world who want that which they have NOT earned, whether in the realm of morality or reality.
64345
sex.\n\nthey say that power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.  corruption is almost always about gaining power of some kind - be it in the form of financial gain, political influence, or social status.\n\nthe dynamics of power are intimately linked to sex.  in most animals, sexual preference is given to the (usually male) member of the group who has the most power.  this is reflected in the relentless pursuit of power by those who also relentlessly pursue sexual gratification.  how many powerful leaders were also philanderers with immense sexual appetites?  why do powerful men acquire mistresses?  does anyone who hungers for success not also want the sexual rewards that are implicit in the "deal"?\n\nsex is the baseline motivator - the raw, primal instinct that guides this behavior.  if corruption is about power, and power is about sex, then corruption is about sex.
501699
~Carrot and stick.  \nThe mythology and attendant social control and taxation policies of the hierarchy fall flat on their butt if there is no promise of reward for subservience (heaven) and threat of punishment (hell)  via a bogeyman (Satan) to those who don't bite at the bribe.  \nPretty simple Machiavilian theory, isn't it?  That's why some brilliant, avaricious, power mongering control freak came out of his cave and created god.  That and to explain why it always rains when you've got a tee time with the only duffer you can beat.\n\nAh, well.  Gooblaskeera's will will be done.
534648
Maybe it is you that is just finding this out.\nThere have always been corrupt leaders.\nPower corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.