238. Brian Klass — Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us
The Michael Shermer Show
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Politics and the System
i think one of the things that we don't appreciate enough is how the system helps determine who actually puts their hat in the ring. When they ran a study in india, where the civil service is notoriously corrupt and there's lots of bribes, the people who d on the dice rolls were disproportionately drawn to being a civil servant. And i also encountered this in my own field work when when i went to places like tyland, where politics is extremely dangerous. I see this in these videos that are now becoming more and more common of school board members being given death threats based on n their attempt to follow public health guidance. You know, you'd better be ready to deal with crazy people
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