This is a very naive view. Ancient kings were not elected yet were beholden to money just as much as modern politicians. The fundamental issue is that at the en

This is a very naive view. Ancient kings were not elected yet were beholden to money just as much as modern politicians. The fundamental issue is that at the end any government runs on people with weapons who require money to brandish these weapons (otherwise they will have to do something else including but not limited to brandishing for their own interest or leaving the whole brandishing business for more productive endeavors). For a short while you can make the people with weapons work for free with an ideology. But this won't last forever and eventually you will either have to pay them or forget about your government (see USSR vs PRC to see how both ways work).