"Ending cronyism is fairly straight-forward" - I don't think so. Surely you can end one kind of cronyism by replacing it by another one - but it is practically

"Ending cronyism is fairly straight-forward" - I don't think so. Surely you can end one kind of cronyism by replacing it by another one - but it is practically impossible to have a system where those who are better off cannot use their resources for political ends. The bandaids is all there can be done. And by the way it is also possible that democracy was only possible because of mass conscription - the state needed the masses so the masses got some share in power.