The Causes of Corruption and Why the Dems May Lose 2028.

Culture is the common denominator.

I believe that the Dems may lose 2028 because there is a misunderstanding of just how much culture can influence the zeitgeist of the age. Pixabay

The dictionary defines culture (anthropology) as the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society. I believe that the causes of corruption and the possible defeat of the Democrats lies in the culture of the people. In all nations and people, the success or failure of that nation goes back to the collective behavior of their people.

Political and business corruption

Corruption, I believe, is caused by a combination of two factors: the need for personal status and that status only been given when people are rich and successful. If being that successful (billionairehood) is extremely difficult to attain, then the country is set up for increased levels of cheating and corruption. In other words, corruption goes back to the culture of the people, and when the culture of the people is to be ‘successful,’ then corruption will invariable follow.

In America (as in many other countries), the highest degrees of acceptance, approval, adulation, and admiration (status) goes to those who have millions or billions, or those who have achieved national or international recognition. This drives those who have strong feelings of inadequacy into a desire for achievement, and when they…