This is the basic problem with our democratic, capitalist, lasaiz faire system. Thiel has and will continue to have more power over the direction of our governm

This is the basic problem with our democratic, capitalist, lasaiz faire system. Thiel has and will continue to have more power over the direction of our government than any of us. Why? Because he ammased an obscene fortune. But why is letting rich people have more power a good system of government? You could say it's ok because other billionaires are going to fund the other side and counter Thiel, but now we're talking about a system of government of competing oligarchs. Why have we given up on our democratic ideals of "we the people" ?