Dyslexia
I suppose that parties serve some self-regulatory function that, hopefully, reduces corruption and demands integrity but they don't seem to work very well.
Frank, I think you meant to say: "demands corruption and reduces integrity".
The self-interest of politicians has resulted in the defacto rise of "The Politician's Party", with its two brands, Republican™ and Democrat™. If we applied the rules of business to political organizations, The Politician's Party would be guilty of flagrant anti-trust violations. Ask any supporter of a "third-party".
--Robert