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How exactly is economic power divorced from political power and vice versa? Power is power.
by RhysU 3y ago
How exactly is economic power divorced from political power and vice versa? Power is power.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoIf I have $2B, but no interest in politics. I can get things made, I can buy out or price out competitors, I can buy property to obstruct/divert things that I do or don't want, I can launch companies doing things I think ought to be done ... None of these require political power in the sense of actually voting nor in the sense of lobbying/bribing/donating to politicians. Moreover, the people who will feel the effect of my spending/investment may be disjoint from the people who would feel the effect of me exerting political power via money.