This comment relates to item 10 in the article under discussion. Those “who seek to extend the prerogatives of social power” do so “for themselves.” They want to run the show, to make rules which apply to everyone but themselves. Consider the increasing corruption in Congress. Self interest guides too many representatives although each will assure his constituents that he/she is acting in their interest, not his/hers. The longer someone is in Congress the more self interested one becomes. Congressmen and Senators fly all over the world at our expense and live in luxury while away also at our expense; they have medical care superior to any provided in the pending legislation, whatever its terms may prove to be. They have aides ad infinitum. Once elected any representative in Congress will have access to campaign funds beyond the reach of most potential challengers. Hence we have an ever increasing number of Congressmen and Senators who deem themselves infallible and invincible.
