Reply #7: Wealth disparity and democracy can't coexist

[Warpy]

because, sad to say, wealth wants to run things, wealth buys power, and wealth ends up running things to its benefit and creates the greatest amount of misery for the greatest amount of people in its pursuit of more wealth and more power.

Just look at what the destruction of the progressive tax system has done to this country. Check out what's been happening in the last several election cycles. Is this democracy?

I'd prefer poorer rich people and a more democratic country. I guess that makes me a communist in the eyes of a lot of posters here, but there it is.