Question

By establishing a republic, Americans hoped to avoid tyranny or oppression. However, placing power in the hands of the people held the equally dangerous potential to lead to____
or lawlessness.

Answer 1

Answer:

By establishing a republic, Americans hoped to avoid tyranny or oppression. However, placing power in the hands of the people held the equally dangerous potential to lead to corruption or lawlessness.

Explanation:

Corruption is a criminal offense of abuse of trust or duty performed in the administration, judiciary, economy, politics, education, culture and art, and in non-economic entities or organizations, in order to gain material or intangible benefits on which there is no legal basis. In political terms, it is a violation of the general interest due to personal greed.

The essence of corruption is that individuals or groups violate with impunity the rules that apply to all members of society. In that way, they become more competitive on the market than those who play by the rules. The result is the disruption of the market mechanism of selection by ability, leading to slower economic progress and weakening of the state.