[ken47]

Democracy being influenced by wealth has always been a thing.

[yoavm]

Democracy was always influenced by wealth, now it looks like it can easily be taken over. The richest people are buying their seats in the government, and the very rich (but not the richest) feel like they have to protect their wealth by politically endorsing it.

[Super_Jambo]

I think what's most worrying here is Trump & co publicly exerting influence over these huge companies.

So the concentration of economic power has made the number of oligarchs he needs to capture quite manageable.