Money is really just an abstraction layer on top of power, which makes #2 tautological and reduces #1 to: power => more power Phrased in this way, it's unsurp

Money is really just an abstraction layer on top of power, which makes #2 tautological and reduces #1 to: power => more power Phrased in this way, it's unsurprising that most societies have this property.