Maybe it's not that the government doesn't have power, but more like the government's power has become a tool for the rich and their corporations due to their larger influence.
> Corrupted companies are less effective, they will eventually die.
Why is this true? Anyone could state the opposite without proof: that corrupted companies are more effective and thrive.
> in free market, if you have capital and don't create any goods, but only spend it eventually you have less capital - it's simple math.
It's not like capitalists just sit on their cash and burn it; their capital is in wealth-producing assets. They don't need to create any goods themselves. Their outsized wealth owns things that does that for them.