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(7,018 posts)government official (including the highest ones) attend a short (like an hour or two) but
high-powered program every 6 months to remind them that they are in their jobs to
SERVE the people, not to simply make use of them for their own private ends. This could
help somewhat with those who are non-psychopaths.
The big problem is those who are psychopaths. They will go through any formality and
swear to anything, without meaning any of it at all. And they can't change. It would be
nice if there were some way of preventing psychopaths from getting into high positions
to begin with -- be it with the government or private industry.
They are the cause of most of the misery in the world, since the beginning of human
history. According to DSM-IV, psychopaths make up between 2% and 4% of the
general population. It's a small percentage of people who are, and always have been,
the cause of our world problems.