It is very insightful to equate charisma with a form of wealth and domination. To live free from the tangles of politics and government, it takes a creative resourcefulness to manifest opportunities that often hinge on those with authority, ironically. In my travels, living as a permanent immigrant (i would say expat but that word has a strange connotation these days) from the US, I am saved over and over again by my ability to persuade and adapt to all situations. Some form of generational wealth likely aided that process, which is not negligible, and it is a high bar to expect others to live the way I do; I am paid well to do online freelance work that took significant education to acquire, because I had connections in the company who I also bargained with for better pay.

So you're absolutely right and I'm guilty of using that system which the world silently condones, as a means to grease the wheels of its behemoth machinations.