Yeah I guess someone capable of that would also be capable of earning a bit of money and buying a ticket.
Citizenship in many cases can't be bought. (No birth/id records, criminal past, unlucky country of birth, etc)
Not the most powerful passports in the world, but enough to get visas for a lot of Western places.
Looks like Dominica reduced costs to 100k or 200k in real estate.
"What price would you put on a passport? - BBC News" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-41013873.amp
"Everything you need to know about the Malta Passport" https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/malta-passport/amp/
Since Malta is part of shengen space, a Maltese passport is highly valuable.