If 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 d

If 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.