Corporate Influence on Democracy

[Anomalocaris]

Is it detrimental to democracy if corporation (and other wealthy groups) are able to influence our government?

Is when the voters are easily duped. Then all you need to get elected is a lot of money, and all you need to worry about once you get elected is pleasing your financial bakers.

Voters are always easily duped. The degree to which they are duped depends less on their own resistance than on the ruthlessness of the dupers and on the convergence of interest between different dupers.