Should so-called oligarchs have any place in democracies?

Should unelected people have any place in the democratic process of government? In Britain there was a man called Cummings who made the news during the pandemic, and now in America there is the non-American man of the moment who has his own media platform, Elon Musk.

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jehova · 31-35, M

In general no the administration of government is supposed to be unfettered by income\wealth. Unfortunately unless untold wealth (which is power in capitalism and which MIGHT translates to olihlgarchy being necessary to accelerate change) is used to move the process along. The capital necessary to accomplish undoing the inequality currently in society will be excruciating and long lived. (The capital needed accumulates very slowly when along official channels)
It is a balance and a tough one at that.