It is not only donations, but also work in the field and convincing people that a political option is better than another. In other words, all those who cooperate with the authorities in any way will always have an advantage over those who oppose them. For the authorities today, any attempt to create privacy is a threat, especially if it touches their centralized fiat system that actually keeps things under control.

The authorities are actually the biggest mixer, but if you make the rules and write the laws, you can do whatever you want.