The common part that causes the asymmetry is that the source of the corruption is the wealth of the (R) voters. Either it's directly stolen on small scale by (R)s or they're institutionally sold out by (D)s for pennies on the dollar in bribes compared to what gets eroded. https://twitter.com/barf_captain/status/1334933731820384261 …
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The elected officials have different payoffs: D - collect bribes that are a fraction of what you give away in deals that sell social capital R - collect money directly from your voters, make deals you promise not to but get provided press cover
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This is an equilibrium in a system that goes before the voters. "Maintain the long-term value of the realm" is outside anyone's view simply because there's no payoff for it. (D)s will win until the whole system fails.
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