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That (failure to keep the public welfare in mind) is not the goal of the system though, but rather a failure case due to antagonist agents both within and outside the system.

It comes down to money in politics, where said money is a necessity to maintain an agent position within the system. This motive alone is enough to turn protagonist agents within the system into antagonist agents against the system.

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Sure. But even if we removed the money, there would still be power, tribalism, fame, hatred, and all sorts of -isms to fill in the gaps and corrupt officials and regulations. I am pretty skeptical that empowering officials to regulate money doesn't just result in a new form of corruption.

I'd rather we make the government more focused and responsibilities more specific. We need to remove the incentives for throwing money into politics rather than try to play corruption whack-a-mole.

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