A short political observation

[womzilla]

It is fairly obvious that a totalitarian government is going to be, inevitably, extremely corrupt.

It's not quite as obvious that a corrupt government is going to tend inevitably towards totalitarianism.

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[barondave.livejournal.com]

It's certainly going to seem that way from the outside. I suspect that it's a different justification, to the people involved, to protect economic interests (ie steal the people's money) than it is to wield unchecked power without accountability (ie be able to kill who you want).