> with armies of lawyers who’s job is to stall the process
Absolutely, and that's just in a well-functioning justice system. Run that cycle through a few times, and the government finally realizes that fighting losing battles in court is a waste of money, and gets extremely conservative about who they do choose to prosecute, opting only to prosecute when they are sure of a quick and decisive convinction--that further entrenches powerful players who are effectively immune from prosecution just because the government balks at the effort.
In a corrupt system, it gets even worse; businesses pay off government officials directly or indirectly, businesses hire lobbyists to write legislation that entrenches their positions, protects them from competition, and worse, actively stifles competition.
Every system tends toward corruption, regardless of the -ism, and regardless if it is privately or publicly run. The antidote is accountability. Unfortunately the American system has fallen into such bitter polarization that no political leaders are ever held accountable. So we get corruption, and it's compounding massively now.
Absolutely, and that's just in a well-functioning justice system. Run that cycle through a few times, and the government finally realizes that fighting losing battles in court is a waste of money, and gets extremely conservative about who they do choose to prosecute, opting only to prosecute when they are sure of a quick and decisive convinction--that further entrenches powerful players who are effectively immune from prosecution just because the government balks at the effort.
In a corrupt system, it gets even worse; businesses pay off government officials directly or indirectly, businesses hire lobbyists to write legislation that entrenches their positions, protects them from competition, and worse, actively stifles competition.
Every system tends toward corruption, regardless of the -ism, and regardless if it is privately or publicly run. The antidote is accountability. Unfortunately the American system has fallen into such bitter polarization that no political leaders are ever held accountable. So we get corruption, and it's compounding massively now.