Actually, it does so a lot less in our current world than it did in the past.
> If Bezos can afford to buy a rocketship every minute, he can afford to rearrange the society you live in
No, he can't, because in a society that can supply him with a rocketship a minute, the wealth that allows him to buy them will be a very small fraction of the total wealth that exists, just as it is now.
Whereas in, say, the Middle Ages, the wealth of feudal lords and rulers was a significant fraction of the total wealth that existed, and that is why that wealth bought them so much power.
Actually, it does so a lot less in our current world than it did in the past.
> If Bezos can afford to buy a rocketship every minute, he can afford to rearrange the society you live in
No, he can't, because in a society that can supply him with a rocketship a minute, the wealth that allows him to buy them will be a very small fraction of the total wealth that exists, just as it is now.
Whereas in, say, the Middle Ages, the wealth of feudal lords and rulers was a significant fraction of the total wealth that existed, and that is why that wealth bought them so much power.