There are mechanisms in place in any self-sustaining organization to prevent corruption. The government of the United States of America has traditionally been that kind of robustly self-sustaining organization.
Alas, a remarkably effective way to take down such an organization is to remove those protective mechanisms in the name of efficiency.
What’s really clever about this approach is that it is indeed efficient. But of course, what it is efficient at is the destruction of the organization itself.
When the organization in question is a functioning representative democracy, the end result is tragic.