It's also a structural argument. I'm trying to think how to rephrase. Maybe the first question to ask is: are there enough wealthy powerful people who look aft

It's also a structural argument. I'm trying to think how to rephrase. Maybe the first question to ask is: are there enough wealthy powerful people who look after their own selfish interests in the political sphere, to tilt the playing field in their favor, or are they offset (or more than offset) by other folks trying to tilt the playing field in favor of the 99%? It's also possible to argue about whether the field can be tilted (or which fields are worth tilting). (Edit) parent was calling out enraged_camel's comment as as-hominem which I can see what it was saying but it's sort of the crux of the discussion so...