You control what you own.

That’s why the consumers get the most benefit within capitalistic countries.

In Indonesia, for example, governments’ officials are often able to override customers’ preference.

That happens in various governments projects, like public schools, clothing laws, doctors’ mandatory social practices, anti gambling laws, anti drug laws etc.

When that happens, entrepreneurs do not try to please customers. They try to please governments’ officials through bribe.

In US, people that get rich are those who invent better light bulbs, and make more efficient system.

In Indonesia, people that get rich are those who are close to governments’ officials. Indonesians’ police leaders are very rich.

But why wealth is distributed proportional to each party’s political power?

Not all transactions are consensual.