I don't disagree with this, but it's lacking important context: A few extremely wealthy people can cast their influence (via tv/social media/news ad buys) astr

I don't disagree with this, but it's lacking important context: A few extremely wealthy people can cast their influence (via tv/social media/news ad buys) astronomically farther than a vast majority that might contribute $10 or $20 to a political campaign. So you might have 90% of the industry at one end of the political spectrum, and 5 fabulously wealthy at the other end. And those 5 will set the narrative for what the perception of all of us is. If this weren't true, this article wouldn't have to exist.