...as long as senators and congressmen are all for sale (and they ALL are, without exception) money will buy as much power as one can afford...(I think buying the government is officially called "Citizens United" here in America; I don't know what it's called in other countries..)
To some extend, but it's doesn't always succeed power. Take for instance, "Meg Whitman/" She spent millions over Gov. Brown, but did not succeed the Governorship power.
If you are a government official it does. Money has worked to keep hemp away from us when it is able to fix the fuel crisis, paper necessities leveling our forests, clothing can be manufactured that's as hypoalergenic as cotton. Carbon offaetting is huge with this stuf, and easy to process. Yes money can have a lot of power, but really is evil and greed that have the true power out money.
So far from what I have seen in life.. Where the money trail is, is where the power is. Just like any court case.. The person with the most expensive lawyer wins
That was not the question was it. Would you rather be hit by a rock or a snowflake from the sky? Now if we're now talking duels I would pick an M-60 or SAW over a shotgun.
So yes AND no.