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than many is more incorruptible than the few.
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So he gives there a powerful argument in defense of democracy,
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like a potluck dinner; each individual cook may not be as
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good as the best chef
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but many taken together will provide many more dishes
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and many more variety, for a variety of tastes than does a single chef.
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He says, furthermore, a crowd, the many, is more
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incorruptible than the few.
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Less light incorruptible, here, I take it in a kind of
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ordinary sense of the term, less susceptible to bribery,
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you can't bribe a lot of people in the way
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that you can a single individual.