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I mean, that's pretty much what we've always had...
Yep, originally only wealthy white land owning men could vote or run for office.
In theory we have a democracy, but in practice money still decides elections and most of our politicians are wealthy high status white men.
Plenty of examples where money didn’t make it so, I mean Bloomberg tried to spend his way into being elected and didn’t work. Money is a necessary but not sufficient ingredient for a campaign.
It's not enough on its own, but it's a necessary piece of the puzzle. Being the best candidate is also not enough without money
At least they have to spend a fuck load to win now as opposed to just sitting on heaps of cash.