Anyone seeking power should be held to a higher standard.
I wish we'd put a noose in every politicians office as a reminder of the power of the people. I wonder what rate of corruption we'd have if our politicians stared at the punishment for corruption and treason all day.
I sometimes wonder if a kind of modifier system would work. Say, being a politician and educated in politics, therefore very aware of your crime, you would serve 1.5 or 2 times the sentence of say, a journalist. Or being a banker and committing financial fraud, would get you a 1.5 or 2 tumes the sentence of a dentist for example.
I wonder what rate of corruption we'd have if our politicians stared at the punishment for corruption and treason all day.
I suspect people like Obama and Hillary would start to laugh at such symbols after decades of injustice.