Goodness armed with power is corrupted and pure love without power is destroyed.
A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.
Fear not the people may be deluded for a moment but cannot be corrupted.
I continue to meet people who have had their Web pages hijacked their browsers corrupted in some cases their children exposed to inappropriate material from these dangerous programs hidden in their family computers.