The very existence of power that is forceful and “mandatory” for everyone leads to the emergence of corruption. Regardless of what anyone says, all governments in the world are corrupt; it is simply that not all are ready to admit it and call this phenomenon by its true name, often hiding behind a term such as “lobbying.” And this is not surprising—if a certain public body possesses the “legal” right to a monopoly on establishing and controlling orders in society, including through the use of force, then various interest groups will always turn to it in an attempt to achieve their goals at the expense of infringing upon the rights and freedoms of other interest groups. This is inevitable even in the most liberal democracies, for in them as well, nothing prevents a particular interest group from inducing a sufficient number of officials to adopt a decision necessary for them.
As long as coercive power-based governments exist, corruption and the infringement of the interests of some people in favor of the interests of others are unavoidable. Only in a free market can different interests stably coexist parallel to one another, for it is sufficient that each interest has at least a minimal group of “consumers.” Politics, however, can at any moment issue a law according to which all alternatives to a certain single interest will be discriminated against or even completely liquidated within a specific territory. And such a law will be backed by the threat of violence in the event of non-compliance.
