Campaign finance serves as a respectable diversion.
It's a small price for democracy. It is true that politicians devote a huge amount of time to fund-raising and that many loathe the process. The difficulty of raising money may also deter some good potential candidates from seeking office. After 25 years, inflation has eroded the purchasing power of these permitted contributions by about two thirds. Also inevitably, these new methods violate the spirit of campaign finance laws, though not the letter.