Because corps can donate unlimited money to super pacs while regular people have to pay for medical expenses (in addition to inflation, DOGEd government programs, gambling addictions, AI layoffs, etc) that keep them from having a political voice commensurate to institutions and financial whales. Regular people are basically subsidizing the same corporations that are taking away their representation.

Money affords direct access and reach while the average person gets a queue

You and I get an email box often full to communicate with officials over

Rich people call and text them