>How does someone having wealth stop anyone else from acquiring theirs?
Through lobbying of laws that increase their wealth more than others. Tax breaks that give scraps to the poor while giving massive benefits to the wealthy. A legal system that only the rich have a chance of truly navigating.
Ideally it shouldn't matter. One person being rich doesn't make another person poor. But politicians have been for sale for some time, and even basic concepts such a free speech and the open exchange of ideas are strongly tied to wealth in a way that ends up being bad for the little guys.
Through lobbying of laws that increase their wealth more than others. Tax breaks that give scraps to the poor while giving massive benefits to the wealthy. A legal system that only the rich have a chance of truly navigating.
Ideally it shouldn't matter. One person being rich doesn't make another person poor. But politicians have been for sale for some time, and even basic concepts such a free speech and the open exchange of ideas are strongly tied to wealth in a way that ends up being bad for the little guys.