I had a conversation with a coworker about this a while ago. He said that something he liked about trump was that he already had money so he wouldn’t be able to be bought. I said that he has it exactly backwards. The kind of people who amass that amount of wealth in our society have felt the power of large wealth firsthand and know that more money is always better for them. Increasing the number in their bank account becomes exponentially more important, the higher it goes. The wealthy have proven their utmost allegiance to wealth, so they’ll be the first to sell out.

There’s an exchange in The Simpsons that has never stopped being relevant:

• You know, Mr. Burns, you’re the richest guy I know. Way richer than Lenny.
• Oh, yes. But I’d trade it all for a little more.

Imagine betting that your prepper neighbor with 30 guns won’t buy a 31st gun “because he already has so many”.