Even in our country here in the Philippines had been plagued by oligarchs which the current president is battling with. You can see it in the media coverage (owned by oligarchs) which bedevils the president and these oligarchs wants is to dictate to the "kaki" politicians what they want for their selfish interests. For example after elections the electricity bill will go up because they have to go signal by the winning unscrupulous politicians preceded by our current president for a way of paying back them all because they put on money for supporting the election winner @v4vapid