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189 | Brian Klaas on Power and the Temptation of Corruption

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Why Don't We Make It Harder for Politicians to Benefit From Their Posts?

I'm shocked that we don't make it harder for politicians to benefit off of their post you know, i would love to see if you had to give up some of your wealth. I think that people should worry that they're going to get caught. The police are in a unique position where their abusive behaviour, when it happens, is so destructive that they should be put in these positions. And very often te the ones that are least surveiled. That debate now is existing in the usa bit. But it's absurd. If you just look at how people get much richer in their time in congress, that shouldn't exist. We have to think outside the box a little bit on

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