Politicians from the even older days also protected the interests of big businesses, landowners etc. Gosh, traditionally politicians were the big landowners. Th

Politicians from the even older days also protected the interests of big businesses, landowners etc. Gosh, traditionally politicians were the big landowners. There is something else to it. The charts begin in the post-WW2 era, maybe there was major influence from the government's success in defeating the Axis.