&gt; And yes, it&#x27;s incredibly ironic that this is the exact system we had a revolution to get away from.<p>I don&#x27;t know if that&#x27;s the case. It seems to me that one plausible reading of the history of the United States is that the rich colonists (&quot;founding fathers&quot;) wanted to make sure <i>they</i> had all the power they wanted over the new government.