Corruption not only costs us trillions of dollars a year, but it also distorts the political process to an extreme degree (the very ability to conduct things in favor of citizens).
You say the Iron law of oligarchy still prevails, so there is no need to be an ordinary member when the shadow eminence will gain control of the party processes anyways. All wrong!
The greater the membership is the harder is for the crooks to in-fluent party’s decision-making apparatus.
When corruption happens the particular politician must be expelled from the party. The party membership should also fight for police neutrality, better funding of them.
And since political machines or super-rich interest groups have contacts with attorneys, police and the FBI, the fight against corruption must go further.
Clever detectives rather work for the bad side and only monetary stimulus would make them return.
Compared to their UK counterparts, the Czech political parties have 5x less membership. Yes, we have also a relaxed position to fight corruption but were the membership greater the Czech political system would be much clearer.
For example take Germany, Czech Republic and Russia. The same average IQ, completely different political cultures. So it is no matter of IQ, it’s a matter of national culture. A former Czech prime minister once admitted the German political culture is in-transmittable to the Czech lands. But the fight against corruption never ends.
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