In a strange way your statement "accept that their influence must be curbed ..." sounded an awful lot like how pro athletes don't really get a choice about bein

In a strange way your statement "accept that their influence must be curbed ..." sounded an awful lot like how pro athletes don't really get a choice about being role models for young kids. The difference in the two groups is the affluent can pretty effectively build hedges (literal and figurative) to keep prying eyes off what they're actually doing, while pro athletes by design are in the spotlight. I wonder what would happen if the affluent were compelled somehow to acknowledge just how much wealth they have and what they do with it. Maybe this already happens via tax returns but most people don't know where to look? In any case, as you've stated, if capitalism has taught us anything, "morality" or "should" have zero effect on actual societal behavior. There must be a forcing function where the benefits of a particular behavior are obvious and outweigh the negative.