Moses centralized scattered corruption into a force that bent city government.

Evidence

Corruption before Moses had been unorganized, based on a multitude of selfish, private ends. Moses’ genius for organizing it and focusing it at a central source gave it a new force, a force so powerful that it bent the entire city government off the democratic bias. He had used the power of money to undermine the democratic processes of the largest city in the world, to plan and build its parks, bridges, highways and housing projects on the basis of his whim alone. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 95

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Moses’ motive shifted from building works to seizing power itself — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 2594; Moses’ machine-free power proved worse for democracy than machine corruption. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 3197; Political corruption routinely afflicts poor, disenfranchised cities — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 972

Broader Connections

• Moses’ motive shifted from building works to seizing power itself #expands (0.82) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 2594