There are many ways to buy people and elections and officials, but socialism isn't one of them. One could, for example, engage in mass mental capture by putting

There are many ways to buy people and elections and officials, but socialism isn't one of them. One could, for example, engage in mass mental capture by putting a lot of money into brainwashing the unwitting public by having the largest media networks with the majority of all network viewers constantly lie with a targeted political agenda. This would of course never happen, however.