“The private powers of the economy want free paths for their acquisition of great resources. No legislation must stand in their way. They want to make the laws themselves, in their interests, and to that end they make use of the tool they have made for themselves, democracy, the subsidized party...Through money, democracy becomes its own destroyer, after money has destroyed intellect.” Oswald Spengler
That’s a great quote. I’ll have to revisit Spengler. Very insightful, as it shows that the oligarchy is not simply a post WW II phenomenon.