@lil host,
You have a point, To my knowledge, the former president Bush is said to have taken home gobs of financial gains from getting into the oil business; he used to work for his family owned oil company, according to Wiki. In other words, he wouldn't have been able to get elected without financial support.
The thinking goes, if top dogs want to rule the world, then they have to put up funds for their big-picture and best-laid schemes first, then they set out to rig the most celebrated news outlets by buying them up afterwards. That's what Murdoch did to Fox news, which is the mouthpiece of conservatism, or The Wall Street Journal, which is widely read among the wealthy and big boys worldwide. In so doing, Murdoch has become a go-to guy for his conservative counterparts and resourceful global leaders seeking a chance to take a stand. it's called bully pulpit in America, I suppose; we call it mind-control here.
Simply put, you can't really rule the world without having a fistful of dosh that can be used to hold court with intellectuals, C-suite executives and political operatives around the world. No one would pay attention to how the poor perceive all the critical issues in a world overflowing with mercantilism, cronyism or realism , er, at least as I find in my own nation.
Alas, everything just comes down to one issue at last-that is, money. Why would those banksters and wall street turks make a point of seeking fast bucks and even illicit financial pickings at the expense of their clients? The answer to this question is that they know that they will have more clout after making a bundle; they will be the sought-after types for CNBC or other financial publications, which have no choice but to lionize and put such "poster boys" on their glossy covers in a bid to sell more copies.
Greed begets both power and money; they are indispensable one way or another. Accordingly, it could be argued that money and power rule the world.