You see this happening a lot where criticisms of capitalism gets laundered in with criticisms of political power as a means to deflect.

Money is political power. A billionaire can afford to lobby and “donate” as much as they want.

I expect economical and political power to get along well. You normally acquire both organically; except in some cases, suddently acquiring much of one will buy some of the other.

TLDR: Billionaires hold political power.

Billionaires inherently get political power. When they’re more socially adept than Musk, they can even have the power without having the plebs notice.