The true problem is money in politics. No, this has nothing to do with Musk. Musk is just visible, but it's been going on in the US for a long, long time.

Other countries have limits on campaign donations, for example at the federal level in Canada:

* no donations are allowed by corporations

* individuals may only donate $1750 to the party, and $1750 to the local candidate

* people running for office can donate to their own campaign, to the tune of $5000

* leadership candidates (eg, for Prime Minister) can donate $25k to their own campaign

That's it.

https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&dir=lim&do...

All of these donations are heavily regulated, amounts of $100 I think require disclosure.

Another example, lobbyists must be registered. If you have lunch with a lobbyist, they can't pay for your lunch, you can't pay for theirs.

All of this takes corporate influence and most importantly the need for "big money" out of the equation.

Things such as third party advertising are covered too:

https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&dir=thi/ec...

With overall limits at the federal level from all third party contributions at $600k, and $5k per district:

https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=pol&document=i...

You want the "working class" to have more of a say? Make candidates beholden to normal people to get elected. Destroy the machinery of big-business donations for campaign, and campaign management funding.

That's it. That's the biggest, most significant fix, right there.