Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely By George Orwell

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great mean are almost always bad men”, Lord Acton once said. First of all, corruption is the misuse of power for private gain. Orwell wanted to show that “absolute power corrupts absolutely” because people abuse power and most of them value accumulation of wealth which leads to dishonest ways, including corruption which is not automatic but gradual.

Absolute power corrupts because those that have power tend to abuse it. When Gaddafi ruled over Libya, he took advantage of his power and left Libya in poverty. He committed all of his inhumane crimes because all he wanted was power. Furthermore, he was a wealthy man who abused of the rights a leader should have. Gaddafi, for example, used all

Many people think that corruption is a common sense, yet they are wrong. For example Napoleon, in the beginning of the revolution, had the same motives as the other animals. He fought or animalism and followed the Seven Commandments. In addition this this, he tried to make Animal Farm at first a better place for everyone. In spite of this, when he started getting more and more power, he got more and more corrupt. An example of this in the world is everywhere. It is a fact that most prosperous countries had high rates of corruption during the change from poverty to wealth. In 1996, two presidents in South Korea, the most successful place in East Asia, were arrested for corruption. They both helped South Korea at first flourish, yet they admitted in having stolen over 650 million dollars each. This proves that you can help develop a country in immoral ways. Another example is the world’s richest nation, the U.S.A. They grew rich and powerful while killing innocent Native Americans and capturing Africans from their countries to enslave them. Corruption came gradually with the gain of power in all of these cases, proving Orwell