> political entities [...] get captured by the richest parts of the system they're supposed to rule over. This is expressed well. To be complete, we could say,

> political entities [...] get captured by the richest parts of the system they're supposed to rule over. This is expressed well. To be complete, we could say, Political parties in a country are subverted at all levels by robust economic interests, and subverted at the federal level by robust regional economic interests, which in turn subverts the national interest.