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Yes its a typo - should’ve been “all”

> all sources of funding are corrupted

Still, what does it mean? Why all sources of funding are "corrupted"?

That means there does not exist a mechanism for one person or group, who has excess resources to reliably transfer those resources to another group in a way that does not have an implied return or reward function of some sort to the giver

Because of the nature of this transactional process it corrupts any possible transfer of power

So consolidated power in any form, is not equitable and the state of physics doesn’t allow for another regime. It’s a munchausen trilemma

I don't know man. I agree that transfer of resources are always mixed with incentives and power asymmetries, no questions about that. But "corrupted" (as opposed to "risks of being corrupted") is a word that means in my parlor "illegitimate and norm-breaking".

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