Does political power corrupt the people who attain it? Well...in my opinion:
If the system allows corruption, then yes. My theory is that if one person comes into complete power, with no foreseen chance of being removed, then at some point of their reign will turn to arrogance and they will eventually become corrupt. Hitler, for example (Mr. Sutherland loves when I talk about Hitler) had complete power. Some people liked him, others didn't, but nobody was successful at taking him down. He made his personal beliefs law, and if he had not committed suicide because of his nervous breakdown by losing the war
On the other hand, a government like America's makes it so that one person isn't in complete power. Our president has the power of a president, but he can't do everything he wants without consulting everyone else in office. Every president has their own beliefs, but they can't just say, "this is going to happen because I want it to" and it happens.
In Animal Farm, the pigs are the ones in charge. All of the animals are agree that the pigs are smartest, and deserve the right to be in power of the farm. I think the pigs will gain the animals complete trust, start off everything good and slow, then slowly become greedy and take over the farm.
When you have people backign you up, it's easy to get into power and stay there. I think it's when leaders start to do things their followers don't agree with that they eventually will be overthrown.
Egotistical decisions = corruption in a government. So, yeah...
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