Maybe. But power is what ends up making people rot from the inside. It's all I've ever seen it do.
( The Mayor hadn't been that way but what does the Mayor of the poorest district in Panem really have so far as power? Sure, Mayor Undersee had a little more access to information, better food and a nicer house but Madge still went into the Reaping ball like everyone else. That didn't give him power at all. The peacekeepers in 12 used to be all right but not after Thread. Katniss doesn't have a lot of evidence to support power not being a corrupt thing in and of itself. )
Control corrupts. Money corrupts. People with power don't understand what it's like when you're oppressed.
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( The Mayor hadn't been that way but what does the Mayor of the poorest district in Panem really have so far as power? Sure, Mayor Undersee had a little more access to information, better food and a nicer house but Madge still went into the Reaping ball like everyone else. That didn't give him power at all. The peacekeepers in 12 used to be all right but not after Thread. Katniss doesn't have a lot of evidence to support power not being a corrupt thing in and of itself. )
Control corrupts. Money corrupts. People with power don't understand what it's like when you're oppressed.