And if the de jure political process no longer has enough de facto power to assert control over the bureaucratic institutions, isn't external money a very usefu

And if the de jure political process no longer has enough de facto power to assert control over the bureaucratic institutions, isn't external money a very useful source of de facto power to challenge the bureaucracy? It seems like getting money out of politics would be surrendering one of the only viable tools for re-asserting public control of the apparatus of government.