[__d]

Yes. But. I imagine the others did not fail to learn from this.

[zetalyrae]

What evidence would falsify this idea that wealth alone gives you political power?

[sooheon]

This straw man doesn't merit falsification. Nobody claims wealth alone gives political power. Wealth applies leverage to all endeavors, but political ends still require strategy and operationalization. It's just a lot easier with a couple trillion dollars, vs. a single individual vote once every couple of years.