The ""1%"" have more than half the world wealth: https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/nov/14/worlds-ri...

This is becoming an increasingly serious problem, that contributions from the general public don't outspend rich people who are keen to push an idea.

http://www.harrowell.org.uk/blog/2017/11/19/the-theory-of-th...

(and http://www.harrowell.org.uk/blog/2018/01/26/pro-market-pro-b... )

In a (simplified and ideal) democracy, 1 person, 1 vote. Allowing someone to contribute more than one "vote" (dollar) each is allowing them to out "speak" other contributors. Why do Soros or the Koch brothers deserve to be able to speak louder than me, just because they can?

"It's okay if my vote counts for 100 and everyone else counts for 1, since 300 people are voting".