Hyperpluralists argue that the "fundamental flaw" in both market
capital theory and plural theory lead to the inevitable creation of an
elite political system. The fundamental flaw in both systems is the
assumption that people agree to "play by the rules of the game" and do
not seek to subvert either system. It can be argued that when two
of the fundamental asumptions of each theory are "self-interest" and "rational
calculation", both systems encourage people and/or groups to seek to subvert
either system when a rational calculation indicates that it is in their
self interest(s) to do so. As a result groups will take either political
or economic advantage and translate it into the other (ie. take economic
advantage and translate it into political advantage). They will then
repeat the process with the new advantage (ie., then take the newly created
political advantage and create more economic advantage). The process
continues to spiral until a relatively small number of groups dominate
all of politics AND economics. Such an approach is explored in Creel
From's The Two American Political Systems: Society, Economics,
and Politics.