@StevenBeschloss “Well-designed governments encourage good behavior and bar against the potential for evil. They treat 100% — not 2% or 10% or 80% — of elected officials as potential psychopaths. Elections are made open and verifiable. Bribery is forbidden. Powers are checked and balanced. Abuses are exposed and punished. Secrecy is curtailed and openness required. War powers are placed in a …”
https://davidswanson.org/can-we-really-blame-sociopaths/