Is corruption not the undue influence of personal financial gain over political decisions? Wealth is extremely important to the conversation, because corruptio

Is corruption not the undue influence of personal financial gain over political decisions? Wealth is extremely important to the conversation, because corruption comes from individuals and corporations leveraging their wealth to influence politics outside of the democratic process. We can try to design systems that prevent people who want to throw money at politicians from getting their way, but they will still be trying to do so. Yes it’s systemic. Wealthy people aren’t mustache-twirling evil for wanting to leverage their wealth. They are making the most logical decision from their position. But if the system continues concentrating more wealth among a smaller subset of the population, without putting up increasing safeguards against its influence, then corruption over democracy seems to be the natural systemic outcome.