content: The only way to stop corruption is to make public scrutiny a cornerstone of governance..  Without making a fundamental shift from a competitive society to a cooperative society, you will never be able to stop power from concentrating into the hands of a small minority of winners. That's like trying to stop wealthy, charismatic, or otherwise influential people from existing. But you can definitely prevent them from fucking you over by refusing to keep their secrets.  What no man can deny is what all men fear.