The relationship between money and political power is vastly overestimated. In the US, the mega billionaires are hated in Washington by left and right alike. B

The relationship between money and political power is vastly overestimated. In the US, the mega billionaires are hated in Washington by left and right alike. Bloomberg spent a fortune on his own campaign and didn't win a single state in the primaries. Even if you look abroad, the billionaires are not the ones with political power. In places like Russia and China, billionaires have to suck up to the politicians or they risk getting disappeared, disbarred, or thrown from windows.