The inaugural has sort of become a metaphor for the whole political process and how money has distorted it,

We basically have a situation with two classes here: a sort of political and economic class, intermingling with each other at their megabucks-level inaugural galas, and the average citizens, who at best get to watch the inaugural from hundreds of yards away.

plunged into the political process.

They completely distorted the process. The development agreement process provides for more public input.

We believe the political process should be inclusive.

political process which had been led by occupiers and their collaborators.