Editing Corruption (section)

=== Friction analogy ===
Analogous to friction in a classical physics mechanical system, corruption is a global inefficiency. Corruption is a type of energetic waste. Compare this aspect of our technical definition of corruption with its related, older meaning as a vernacular word in English, as putrefaction or spoilage. 

Corruption as defined here, is a type of friction that is inevitable in any system, because the will-to-profit is essential, and the complicated accounting to determine whether a minority’s profit is at the greater expense of the majority is generally not a tractable problem during a transaction. Often the majority is not aware of individual actions within their economy and so are not conscious of most losses from corruption.