Premises

• Any position of authority is an opportunity for abuse/corruption.
• Elected positions are particularly vulnerable because the  electorate tends to believe that it is in control.
• An environment that discourages questioning leadership is a likely host to abusive/corrupted leadership.

Evidence

In America, try questioning

• suspension of habeas corpus
• John McCain's war record
• CIA use of turture
• the righteousness of Abraham Lincoln
• if we're empire building
• the war on drugs
• the NAFTA super-highway
• the cause of 9/11
• any war

Conclusion / Problem

America has abusive/corrupted leadership.

Solution?