LH said: "What I am saying is that the political process itself has been corrupted by the controlling power of the largest special interest groups who have the most money. They are controlling the process from the top down."

The "largest special interest groups who have the most money" are always in control, and have always been in control. When someone else managed to get control, in a relatively short time, they either have the most money, and the support of the largest special interest groups, or they are out--We have evolved an idea about minority rights--which, at least on a good day, limits the amount of power that the people in power have over the ones who are not in power. But that's only on a good day.