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That would make sense if: - There weren't other methods to prevent tampering - Governments didn't want anti-corruption methods without having admin powers to exclude themselves.

This doesn't really make sense. We have SQL databases with permissions to prevent tampering, and audit logs, and myriad other solutions.

In addition, I don't see what prevents an "official" from writing a social credit transaction (disclaimer that I have no idea how China's "social credit" system works or even what it is) to the blockchain. Nodes validate to solve disagreements where one node says a transaction happened that did not. This does not appear to be the same type of dishonesty being referred to here.

You can achieve this in a SQL database with proper processes, auditing and controls.

The world has functioned up until the magical dawning of the blockchain.