Yea that might be a visible example of corruption but the way I see its exploration of weak humans by a larger wealthy human beings.

There are men imprisoned on fishing boats in asia where public turns a blind eye because of their own selfishness. And then there is slaves digging up cobalt in africa with their bare hands( JRE episode recently ) to supply US gadgets.

I think politicians just give us a way out to absolve ourselves from the exploration that we all are willingly involved in.