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Except that’s not going to happen because the corporate lobbyists that fund most winning campaigns for both parties would never allow it.
This is why Lenin calls liberal democracy the best possible shell for capitalism - a single or small group of people can't change the system. The power is split up enough that capitalism stays in power, but concentrated enough that capital can control it.