A lot of those sorts of problems would disappear if you had smarter than human AI running the government. The people vote on the rules, the AI plans and executes the rules. No more corruption.
The AI would invent a non-corruptible disk, obviously.
I wonder, if you fear the headcrash- feal the failability of the mortal flash- could you get religious. Believe in reincarnation as a backup if you have been exponential enough?