I thought so for a long time too. But nowadays, I think it's much more effective to be rich and indispensable as innovator, employer and tax payer. This is real power and it can buy you (and your folks) freedom. When you are a politician on the other hand, you are tied to vested interests, you have to answer to the public constantly and you end up with maybe 5% power which you can use for the better while in most cases 95% are against you. It's like running against windmills - unless of course you allow yourself to be corrupted. Then it's a nice life. As entrepreneur you don't have these pitfalls.

I guess I am very disillusioned...