The older and wiser we become (or may think we do !)...
It may seem that the way that Society in the World runs just little like what we thought or used to think.
No doubt there are and have been Corrupt leaders...
but I think for the majority.. its hard sometimes to always beware of what they may have done or are doing..
and I think usually we may often only take note if some other authority figure makes us aware or a claim to something about them or the system...
But at the same time ,things happen that the masses oppose to.. and sometimes that will put a stop to certain things that Corrupt leaders may have been doing or were aiming to persue.
Often it maybe down to complexity..and if people or other leaders can relate to any of the issues that may occur.
Some of the leaders are or appear to be clever and they are good at lying as you say.. and it maybe in Policitics for eg.. that both parties are corrupt and are in it either for their own power or maybe as they are just part of acting for another system or unknown secret type Society.
If that is the case it becomes excptionally hard to really know what maybe going on for the majority.
Maybe almost impossible..
In that respect they would seem to get away with somehow always remaining in power one way or the other..
and they have people working for them and carrying out things for them who may create immorral principles and laws or act as authoritarians who carry out acting like the Military . Police or security who know no better and just act for them, as they are chosen for being stronger (maybe cleverer or mentallyin the relevant areas) or armed and the masses can often not easily oppose them, unless they risk their lifes are are able to fight back somehow.
There are so many things that can happen, even what seem like simple things.. in which they can bring in the most ridiculas suggestions to create issues and problems to the public..
I think it is like Chess.. in which the top players are able to move the pieces to their advantage and only those opponents at the same level would be able to have much chance to work out their strategies and to try to counter their moves..
In ref to the Sexual Harrasment issues..Maybe its often those in some sort of power that are in better positions to attempt to persue such a thhing with less chance of being challenged about it..
And maybe especially with the Male species..(or maybe in reverse in someways for the female species) they can see both sides to it or more.. or there are mixed powerful people who may have certain effects on what may happen or any laws that may or may not get applied, or on who maybe could judge someone suggested as being guilty or not..
I think Its a very tricky area..
On the one hand I think most people may oppose to anyone sexualy harrashing their family female members, sisters mothers.. etc.. BUT at the same time I think a large % of males like to look at other females in sexual ways..
and that applies at any level.. from the average man to Presidents..and maybe sexual attraction for some is too powerful thing to easily control..
and I suspect no doubt thru out history.. its just always gone on and its only in the modern age we get to beware more of such reports about it..
Maybe many of us would not have been here if some sort of sexual harrassment had not taken place..
so when one starts to think in those terms it becomes maybe even harder to make judgement on..
BUT in an ideal World... everything should be speaky clean..
and no one should make sexual remarks and we should always go about such relationship type approachs in a set acceptable way...
but I think for many... its very hard for them to consider...
and / or humans personalities and behaviours vary so much...
and its maybe not a topic or subject that is easily explained or taught... and parents have often not been able to discuss with their children.. and there fore so often the less educated will act in often unacceptable ways or will allow certain things to happen when they should not...
But power, strength (..mentally, psychologial etc) and intellect also play their parts, as well as dominance & submissiveness...
or a persons ability to take control over someone..
and all those things are a very hard formula to consider..
as there are just so many variations in our species..
and we are just not perfect !
Therefore I have often have not answer to certain things anymore ! Life can seem too complex..
but what ever happens ...happens..and often this will involve what is seen as corruption type endevers..
BUT how does one judge.. again we seem to have such variation..
The Pauper (Poor person)who knows little and may seem to have less abilities Verse the Well educated well brought up and well fed in higher society...
if something happens with say two opposite type persons...
say for eg.. where either were to to say rape someone for eg..
often the well educated may talk their way into geting what they want with their target... or if they get reported .. they can often talk their way out of a bad situation...or be able to obtain and pay for top lawyers to help then get away with it ..
but the poor person who may have had little guidence in life or is less clever .. may not really be able to do so or does not really know what maybe right or wrong...and were easily led or maybe even say talked into say raping someone...
I believe many people are never have ever been informed as to be warned what rape maybe.. are often act out of either disire or based on acting on others suggestons..or them being eged on by others...where a person may then think that they have to prove themselves to showing that they can get or have sex..so force their way onto someone to prove that they can..
There are NO doubt possibilities to lay down certain rules that we should follow.. but again it maybe down to what degree..
as as we are not equal.. there will always be concerns as to how we may apply to them..
then it maybe seen as being judged in how we apply or act to them..
Some suggest that its often a case of being Honest or dishonest in terms of how we may judge our actions..
BUT... again I think its very hard to ever be completely honest.. and there are times when its not always in one best interests to be honest..
and sometimes.. its other dishonest factors maybe say poor laws that have been created that will make people act dishonest..
I read a book on such a subject...and for a while though that it may have been the answers I had been looking for..
and some of it I may agree with...
BUT as life moves on you still see all the flaws that is not always explained.. and then one may realise that there are still many other factors in life to easily make judgments on many things..
Sometimes one can make judgements that may agree with given manmade laws... BUT Morally or in other ways..one may view something... its often just not straight forward..and again maybe down to individuals opinions..
Maybe if we all had equal HIGHEST abilities.. we could act along those type of suggestions..
but otherwise I just see so many things hard to judge..
and there always seems more than one option as to what maybe seen as right or wrong..and often depends on each or the persons individual circustances..or YIn and Yang maybe..
There is a hypothesis of sorts that comes up sometimes, especially in new age circles. It is the notion that our culture is ruled by psychopaths and sociopaths. The people who end up in charge are good at lying and cheating because that's the path to power, by nature.
So, I wonder......could this new found lynch mob mentality about sexual harassment have a good effect if it eliminates or reduces the number of monsters in politics? OTOH, can the remaining "saints" (perhaps less sexually charged) really get anything useful accomplished? I think about President Carter vs LBJ or Nixon. Carter is a truly decent person who would make a good neighbor.....but President? Not so much.