Do you think politicians are any less corrupt than 100 years ago?

Read some history books, I have a feeling we are living in an era where government is way more transparent than it has ever been.

I read a book not too long ago, Water and Power: The Conflict over Los Angeles Water Supply in the Owens Valley, and it left me realizing how much more transparent and honest our politicians are today.

So whenever you are tempted to believe that we are in a far more corrupt time, I challenge you to read some history. I think time whitewashes past controversies.

The heart of the matter is, generally speaking, the government we have today is just so much more influential than the government we once had. Their corruption, just didn’t matter, but now it does.

This search for honest politicians offering altruistic outcomes sounds like a fools errand through candyland, and I am not even a cynic.