The amount of corruption in the government is staggering, to the point of being difficult to believe.
Whatever the concentration of psycopaths, sociopaths and control freaks is, in the general public, the concentration is probably triple that in government service. That is becuase the function of the government in society is in the nature of lording over others - heaven on earth for socipaths and control freaks.
This sort of environment also tends to excuse and protect itself. Only the stupid and blatant excesses are corrected, and even then the perpetrators are often promoted.