The stellar test server seems to be down, even through the tutorial. One thing I don't understand is why do the rich people have more say than someone with les

The stellar test server seems to be down, even through the tutorial. One thing I don't understand is why do the rich people have more say than someone with less Stellars? https://www.stellar.org/about/mandate/#Stellar_creation https://www.stellar.org/about/mandate/#Stellar_creation