Purchase Power and Plutocracy

As the phrase 'purchase power' signifies, a purchase is a kind of conquest.  In the case when the purchased is inanimate, it is not recognized as such, but when human labor is involved, Economic power becomes Political power.  Likewise, a Democracy in which the wealthy have disproportionate influence over the political system becomes a Plutocracy when the accumulation of wealth becomes the telos of the system.  One indication that a polis is, in fact, a Plutocracy is a foreign policy with Economic goals, e. g. a war against an alternative Economic system, military action at the service of securing and protecting markets, etc.  The difference between the power relations in a Plutocracy and the purchaser-purchased relation is one of degree, not of kind.