Confronting a Global Politician on America's Corruption | Ep. 650

Brian Klaas is an associate professor in global politics at University College London, host of the Power Corrupts podcast, and author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us.

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What We Discuss with Brian:
0:00 - Intro
0:06 - The insane story of corruption in Madagascar
13:12 - Why corruptable people want to work in government (proven with data)
17:42 - Dark triad people are more likely to be in power
24:35 - You die if you try to do the right thing
35:04 - The corruption of American police
47:14 - Why humans need hierarchy
53:05 - How consequences can shape behavior
56:30 - Why Kim Jong Un insists he doesn't have a butthole
1:05:30 - How powerlessness affects those lower on the totem pole

Are people in power more likely to succumb to the temptations of corruption, or are the people most susceptible to these temptations just more likely to seek positions of power? How do people who become leaders for the right reasons so often wind up as corrupt as the leaders they fought to replace? And why did civilization gravitate toward hierarchies that make corruption so commonplace only within the past 10,000 years of human history?

On this episode, we’re joined by Brian Klaas, an associate professor in global politics at University College London, host of the Power Corrupts podcast, and author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us. Here, we discuss how human nature collides with society’s guardrails; what police, college admissions officers, and cult leaders all have in common; and what it would take to eliminate (or at least minimize) the effects of corruption on the hierarchies that make civilization possible. Listen, learn, and enjoy!

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