We have the expectation that things should work better, and those in charge should fix it, but nothing happens. Our expectation is met with inaction. We have the feeling that some part of the moral meaning in our lives is estranged - we know corruption isn't right, but we feel that we have to live with it. We have the feeling that we can't trust anyone anymore, not the government, not the police, not the schools, even our charities and religious institutions are suspected of making the backhand grab for money, and maybe even our significant others are just waiting to get their hands on our money. We have the feeling that we can't be what we should be and want to be - estranged even from ourselves .
Corruption is a cancer that destroys our world from within.
Money symbolizes power and greed. He didn't say that money and power are bad things. It is all in the way that these things are used whether they are for the purpose of good or evil. Thankfully not all who are corrupt are evil. I think that there are three essential answers to corruption.