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> Shouldn't we find that far more problematic overall?

These things are connected and both are problematic. See e.g. Citizens United vs FEC.

> Then why do newly created enterprises almost universally seek outside capital investment?

I agree there is a need to raise capital, because any large scale economic activity is a collective enterprise. Whether this collective enterprise should be owned by a single person, or small subgroup, or by all participants, is an orthogonal question.