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Legal tolls were placed on vessels carrying tobacco goods as a form of tax, but some officials like Captain Crofts placed illegal tolls on vessels to make extra money. “It was the force of government that enabled the royal treasury to collect a legal toll and officers like Captain Crofts an illegal toll on tobacco trade” (Morgan 204). The corrupt royal navy officers and Virginians serving in colonial government exploited their authority and found ways to make easy money from the tobacco trade. The corrupt officials imposed illegal taxes, which not only affected plant owners but also the farmers and other lower class citizens involved in the tobacco trade. This shows that people during the colonial times were greedy and exploiting each other for money that came from the tobacco market.

While the things that are shown in the cartoons did indeed happen, these are only focusing on the negative side of what Jackson did in his presidency. Even though he appointed only politicians who were loyal to him, he also did good things with his power, such as stopping the rebellion in South Carolina over the tariffs that his own supporters had put into place. Jackson did act corruptly, but in the end the results were positive with some exceptions, and the young country of America was improved. These cartoons both show a selective and overemphasized truth about Jackson and how he handled his rise to

Andrew Carnegie, Jp Morgan and John Rockefeller were robber barons . These men were robber barons because they treated their workers poorly, Did whatever they could to take down competing businesses and these men were ruthless. They made their workers work long hours, gave them little pay and they took down unions within the company. This shows that Morgan, Carnegie and Rockefeller were robber barons . Another reason that they were robber barons was they took down smaller companies so that they could have all of the money in the industry.

In the same way he is an incomplete politician also. We cannot justify him as a complete human being rather he can be stated as a helpless king who has declined for his stubborn nature. He is neither a hero nor a villain rather he is a victim of his self-indulgence. (Bloom. 249-150) In Shakespeare 's view, Richard is a failure as a king not because he is immoral, nor because he is too sensitive and refined for the job, but because he misunderstands the nature of kingship.

In the late 1860s, most of New York’s finances were in Tweed’s hands. Tweed is a legend to this day for the corruption he did at New York City in years just after the Civil War. America was already hurting from all the money they had to use after the war but New York city was about to have a war of their own Tweed Ring running New York City. The members of the “Tweed Ring” were all hand chosen by Tweed himself, Tweed wanted to make sure whoever was part of the government was going to be on his side with whatever choices he made when corrupting the city. The Tweed Ring lasted a while before the public outrage turned against him and he was prosecuted more than

Fitzgerald reveals the idea of corruption in the American Dream through conditions such as wealth and materialism, power and social status, and relationships involving family and affairs. He uses examples of this corruption to show the reader that people are willing to lie, betray others, and commit crime to be able to live a ‘better and fuller’ life. The need for money and materialism throughout The Great Gatsby shows the decay of the American Dream.

The present trend in media reporting constantly keeps watch on the personal life of the politicians rather than pressing importance on the official activities .They deliberately search for scams, scandals and corruptions. This results in concentrating the public’s sight on the personal life of famous people which in a way is breaching of their privacy .The tabloid journalism also succeeded in creating public opinion due to which the public becomes judgmental about their leaders and blindly go by the matter reported by the press. For example one of the main reasons behind victory of PM Narendra Modi in 2014 election was this tabloid journalism. Most of the newspapers portrayed him as the hero in politics and successfully diverted the attention of the people only towards him rather than diffusing the attention towards other serious

The main character, Pedro Páramo turned out to be the most immoral man in the novel. He had to lie, kill and bribe to earn his reputation of Comala’s cacique: he has been corrupted. Greed corrupted everyone, ranging from the most insignificant figures in the novel to the most influential. Damasio’s corruption had its roots in greed. Damasio, commonly known as, “El Tilcuate” was another one of Pedro’s many workers, and alike the others, he has been corrupted by greed.

By 859, the Tang Dynasty is before its downfall. The emperor is incompetent and the government corrupted. Uprisings occur throughout the country and many revolutionaries form teams to overthrow the regime. The most powerful among them is a hidden league called "House of the Flying Daggers." Their main tactic is to steal from the rich and give to the poor, an act that has made them very popular among the common people while infuriating the regime.

Founded by Karl Marx, conflict theory conjectures that social order is sustained through wealth and power and constant class conflict (subduing the poor by keeping them away from the limited resources). The resulting conflict and inequalities between the classes result in crime, according to Marx. Social conflict theorists use the criminal justice system to support their argument. The elite class passes laws to benefit themselves (and they are also judged differently, more leniently). OJ Simpson was able to get off for the murder of Nicole Brown (the court said “he didn’t do it,” but he was able to get off because of his wealth and famous lawyers).