> It's the sad truth that greed is the largest part of it, which enables the oligarchs Slightly related, and for anyone that might accuse the OP of using the t

> It's the sad truth that greed is the largest part of it, which enables the oligarchs Slightly related, and for anyone that might accuse the OP of using the term "oligarch" as too modern or too politically-motivated, I highly suggest Robert Michels's "Political Parties", a book written more than 100 years ago and whose subtitle says it all: "A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy". I've just finished reading it (it had been on my to-read list for a couple of years now) and it's fascinating how prescient the writing in there is. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Parties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Parties