&gt;<i>And whose fault is that, the huge and powerful government&#x27;s for being so easily susceptible to corruption or much smaller and in no way as powerful businesses for seeking easily-obtained influence?</i><p>The government is not some Borg like entity. It&#x27;s made of people, and each of these people are way less powerful than those other people -- the rich guys with the tons of money to bribe that run businesses.<p>As to whose fault it is, besides the direct perpetrators, underneath it all it&#x27;s the citizenry&#x27;s fault for not being more vigilant about it. After all it&#x27;s their interests those politicians and businesses are stomping on.<p>&gt;<i>Since the rules are set by those in government, it seems rather disingenuous to point the finger back at those using those rules to their advantage.</i><p>Like, it&#x27;s not like those &quot;using those rules to their advantage&quot; don&#x27;t know they&#x27;re doing some wrong AND breaking the law, when they buy politicians. So, we can and we should blame them too.