More Power = More Corruption

I'm currently reading a book by Nancy Farmer, called, The House of The Scorpion. What I can infer, from how much I have read, the book is about the life of a clone and how people treat him like an animal. For now I will just give you a quick summary, from the backside of the book, of what the book is about, Just we can get to my point.

"Matteo Alacran was not born; He was harvested. His DNA came from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium-a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a Petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued his miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster- except for El Patron. El Patron loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself."

That's the basics of the book, now to my point. In the summary it talks about a man named El Patron. He is my subject that I am going to be talking about.

Matt isn't like other clones. Most clones are given a implant in its brain, so it will be stupid. El Patron wouldn't have his clone being stupid though. So he simply told them not to implant his brain. Now, everyone knows not to mess with El Patron. He has so much money, as said in the book," You need a wallet as big as the Grand Canyon to hold El Patron's paper money, and you'd have to drain out the gulf of California for the small change." He literally has so much power and money he can basically do whatever he wants and break any rule to do it. People are so scared of him. that they just let him. He is an example of power corrupting those who have it. He broke the rules to get what he wanted. This man also has all the money he needs to cover up Matt not being like the other clones.

 I also read an article, about records of UFO sightings in nuclear power plants. If you read this article it's kind of like an argument between government officials, a journalist, and the Airmen. When I was reading this, I noticed that the government officials were basically making excuses to cover up the stories that the Airmen were telling the press. I also believe that, since the Airmen said this had occurred in the late 60's, that the government has maybe been covering up this and other mysterious cases, by corruption. This page also has other news on what the government might be covering up with corruption and not telling us.