Why Does Power Corrupt?

Because as power accumulates, it deprives its surroundings by necessity. Therefore, those occupying power's surroundings are forced to turn against power in order to take back what’s theirs, and those in the core of power itself are then turned against those in the surroundings. 

This dynamic transforms the minds and thoughts of all the actors in the entire field. Power divides against itself and the surroundings divide in turn. A process is started in which division becomes an end, so that the entire system proceeds towards disintegration, at least until a more stable power structure is formed. 

If the function of organized power is to manage the production and consumption of energy for the perpetuation of an organized body, then this gradual shift in which power turns inward and discharges itself to preserve itself can be construed as a slow process of death.