Mutual funds are no different.  You contract/agree with a fund that represents your investment criteria and they invest on your behalf and charge you a fee.  There are already 'values' driven mutual funds in existence today. ( ex: 'green' mutual funds)<p>I agree that politics is different, but the different part is not that people are influencing its outcome.  The different part is that the people that rise to the top control the institutions of the state.