Corruption Follows Power

Power is a big thing in the world and it is important for it to be balanced. If it is not balanced then corruption will find its way to it. One example is the Constitution, in the Constitution it is written for the government to be split into three branches that are separate yet equal in power (Separation of Power). In order to make sure that they were equal they a able to check upon each other in different ways. Prince Prospero from the story written by Edgar Allen Poe is another example of corruption with power. He abandons his entire kingdom to die in the outside world while him and his friends had a party to distract them from the fact that people are dieing just out side the walls. But why is it that leaders with a large amount of power become corrupt? The answer is in the article "How Power Corrupts Leaders" by Ronald E. Riggio.One of the reasons is they get "intoxicated with power" and do bad and selfish things just because they can and they can get away with it. As it says in the article power is and isn't good for leaders. The positive side is that it makes them more assertive and confident. The negative side is that the more power they have the more they focus on their own "egocentric desires."

 In conclusion power is a big thing in the world and it is important for it to be balanced. If it isn't corruption is bound to work its way into it.

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