It appears that is board of directors mishandled the company and had unequal distribution of power, allowing for August Busch III to control the operations of the company.
The elites in any system not only have more political and economic power, they also have more access to information and control the distribution of information in any given system.
The power and financial muscle has moved closer to the final consumer market, to the Mexican mobs who now control much distribution in the United States, and to the Russian mafia in Europe.