Opinion: Political corruption: Run-of-the-mill greed? Or moral rot and relativism eating us alive?
Opinion: Political corruption: Run-of-the-mill greed? Or moral rot and relativism eating us alive?
- June 10, 2025
- Shawn Rosenberg, political science, The Orange County Register, June 10, 2025 (Opinion columnist)
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“One possibility is that what we’re seeing — partly reflected in (President Donald) Trump sending the National Guard in (to California) as well — is the broad undermining of the rule of law,” said Shawn Rosenberg, professor of political and psychological science at UC Irvine. … “But the way in which you most effectively prevent corruption is when there are norms in place and most people abide by them. That’s being broadly undermined.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.ocregister.com/2025/06/10/political-corruption-run-of-the-mill-greed-or-moral-rot-and-relativism-eating-us-alive/.
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