Pay to play is the left left left. It’s just another form of fascism. If you want to see countries with slightly worse cronyism look at African countries. Nothing gets done without a little grease. It doesn’t matter what for a government takes if the corruption steals the ability for business to get done efficiently. Either you don’t get it or you are involved in it.
“It doesn’t matter what for a government takes if the corruption steals the ability for business to get done efficiently.”
That is only true if one presumes that our Republic will not be replaced by a system resembling that of the USSR.
Otherwise, where there is money to be made, business will be conducted.