Precisely. Cases like this demonstrate exactly why democracy is meaningless when paired with an unrestrained capitalist system. Money completely triumphs votes

Precisely. Cases like this demonstrate exactly why democracy is meaningless when paired with an unrestrained capitalist system. Money completely triumphs votes in every policy issue. Income taxes are significantly higher than capital gains tax, and tax evasion becomes exponentially easier as a function of capital. Such is life. It appears the mean human society has always tended towards oligarchy. If you can't beatem, joinem?