[shuwix]

Sorry to knock you out of your cloud.

In democracy, power comes from demos. In capitalism, power comes from capital. Demos doesn't have concentrated capital.

Try starting a new party without capital and backing from people tied to mainstream media.

People never had power. Whenever they've thought they have power (revolutions), they fought for one new power hungry scumbag to replace old power hungry scumbag.

[noncoml]

> they fought for one new power hungry scumbag to replace old power hungry scumbag.

Because, as Plato argued, the best rulers are the ones that don’t want to rule, as ruling is a very heavy duty, if not burden.

If you strip corruption, it has no rewards. Instead you have to put up with “scambags” accusing for the things the corruption they would do if they had the power.

Why does this sound familiar?

[shuwix]

Plato was philosopher. Not sociopath. For sociopaths, power over other people is only thing that matters. It's not a burden, money is nice, but it's mostly a tool to have more power.