I worry that society now gets its facts from Facebook pictures of protesters holding sharpie written cardboard boxes.
A couple obvious points: People who are better at attracting political contributions are better at attracting votes.
People who are more politically savvy make more money in their furthered political careers and are also more likely to win an election.
Some serious people actually do very serious work to try to figure out how important money is for causing election outcomes. We should not ignore them.
I know this is low hanging fruit for criticism, but 1,000+ shares on Facebook? Really?
