Rot at the top
The rot at the top parable or myth has conspiratorial aspects and revolves around a number of sub-themes such as corruptions, a lack of morals or ethics, decadence, greed, and the malevolence of persons in high places. Like the presence of conspiracy myth, it allows us to lay blame easily and always seems to follow a cyclical pattern, which Reich calls “ cycles of righteous fulmination. “ First, we trust the elite, but then we find them lacking in trust or goodwill, and finally, we end up unseating them and “throwing the rascals out!” Almost every presidential administration leads to scandals as it nears its end----- feathering the financial nests of its it friends, losing moral direction, lying about important issues or evenys and so on. Reich traces the myth to the founding father’ sensitivity to the abuse of power experienced under king George and his colaial governirs.