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Topic: [2015-12-20][Forklog.net] Longread: Corruption and Blockchain (Read 215 times)

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The idea that corruption is not really good comes from the very word, which derives from Latin for �?spoilage’. That is how they called it in the ancient Rome, where it became comparable to the contemporary corruption in terms of scale by Caesar’s times. In order to give the phenomenon a name, the rhetoricians used the word �?spoilage’ meaning total decomposition of social ethics.

It is quite easy to attribute everything to depravity of people as a community. However, Machiavelli wrote that people are essentially bad, and act well only when forced to do so. Whether you agree with the great humanist or not, you hardly can say that all his words are saturated with bitterness of practical experiences.

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