What you have is natural selection. Systemic corruption is itself a deterministic outcome/symptom when corruption is an adaptive trait. Unfortunately many undesirable behaviors are adaptive: the risk-adjusted rate of return is positive. 'Bad actors' have much more to gain from engaging in them than watchdogs have in stopping it.
You will always lose the fight against corruption in the long run because as the war goes on you get weaker and they get stronger.
This is a fundamental issue with organizational design (and democracy).
You will always lose the fight against corruption in the long run because as the war goes on you get weaker and they get stronger.
This is a fundamental issue with organizational design (and democracy).
Highly recommended further reading/viewing:
Rules for rulers is very helpful at understanding this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs
Iron law of Oligarchy (the deterministic outcome of democracy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy