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overt corruption requires a conscious act of doing something in return for money
because their financial future relies on it

People rarely think they're evil.
And once they’re there it’s very easy to rationalize their policy decisions, even ones they previously disagreed with, because their financial future relies on it and humans are good at rationalizing.

You just defined corruption. >

Not necessarily, I think overt corruption requires a conscious act of doing something in return for money. I don’t think these people are aware of what they’re doing, they can’t because they have to rationalize it away to keep their position. Whereas corrupt people may rationalize away why they’re corrupt (ie taking money to get my child through college), these people rationalize away the idea they are corrupt in the first place.