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Ron Johnson: “Power corrupts. And so any entity that provides people power…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson on the DarkHorse Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 06:37

You know, they've got a job, they have an assignment. You know, same thing in business. Again, you go back to just the basic dynamic that Power corrupts. And so any entity that provides people power in some way, shape or form is going to get corrupted. I mean, we're not angels. And that's what our founders understood. We're not angels. And so you, you do need some controls, you need some regulatory authority, you need some form of government to, to rein in the, the non ancient portion of human behavior. (06:37–10:33)

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