RE: The real roots of evil....
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I'm not sure I fully agree.
The philosophical extension of that argument would mean you can be born corrupt, which I find highly improbable. (with the tiny exception of the 1%-2% of true psychopaths)
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sorry - on my first coffee - that's not what I actually mean...corrupt isn't an absolute, but by degree, I suppose.
(the first cry by a baby wanting attention 'pretending' to need something, could be - strictly speaking - a corrupt act...But I do not put that into an equation of the type of 'corrupt' we are talking about
You well understand my meaning, which is all I could ask of you. It is the necessity of persuasion in society that nudges us all towards corruption, while as you observe, persuasion, even whining, isn't corruption, per se.
Very few people are incorruptible. I have yet to hear of any bribes Ron Paul accepted. He wasn't a great statesman, but he was an honest one IMHO. He gained power and did not become corrupted, so exemplifies my point.