Technically, they own the politicians, or at least a substantial fraction of them.
Without a monopoly on violence they are not as powerful as you think they are.
Money and politics should never mix. One man, one vote. Not one dollar, one vote. One E.M. just tossed a few hundred million on the table in order to influence the outcome of an election and nobody did anything about it. That should tell you enough.
It'd be fun if so many people weren't being hurt in the process. A part of me can empathize with the folks who are so disillusioned that they're willing to let the country burn, but we're all still in here...
Oh, apropos Elon Musk:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1x5k...