doesn't matter an iota. does absolute wealth buy you influence? no, not even for a moment. if you have a million dollars, you have "a lot" of money. great. bu

doesn't matter an iota. does absolute wealth buy you influence? no, not even for a moment. if you have a million dollars, you have "a lot" of money. great. but what about your ability to turn your mass of money into societal influence? you can't buy congress if someone out there has a billion dollars. your chump change doesn't move the needle even if you are "rich" because they have so much more money that the sums they can offer are much greater. as the level of wealth rises, the costs of bribing politicians rises too. absolute wealth doesn't help you gain influence. it's all about relative wealth. if you are more wealthy, you have relatively more say in the way society goes, at least in the way that things are configured currently.