We are not all the same but it is the example "public" people show to others. The more you lie and betray the more famous and money you will have.
For some that like "tradition" and old "times". They were sometimes less stupid than we are now :
In venice republic, doges were a kind of "president" but not will all power, and he was hardly regulated :
- no one in a Doge’s family could hold political office during his term;
- a doge could not conduct any personal business or accept gifts;
- a Doge was always supervised;
- a doge’s sons could not leave the republic (nor could he without express permission);
- none of a Doge’s children could marry without the council’s approval.
After a doge's death, a commission of inquisitori passed judgment upon his acts, and his estate was liable to be fined for any discovered malfeasance. The official income of the doge was never large, and from early times holders of the office remained engaged in trading ventures.
Doge of Venice - Wikipedia
Quintus Curtius
How Venice Solved Its Political Corruption Problems
Corruption is like a virus, or a noxious weed. If you turn your back on it for even an instant, you will find it has found creative ways to grow ...
Can you imagine that nowadays ?
All these men that have huge power and responsibilities in their hands, would they be ready to pay for their bad decisions or behavior ?
With this kind of "old" commitments and rules, you can be sure they will be less loud speaker clowns and more true responsible and honest leaders.
#thinkstr
