Scott, Who you think created our government, the wealthy, in fact whether you could vote or not depended on how much property that you owned, same for your ability to run for office. It is the reason the wealthy can cheat on their finances, and mostly get away with crime, here and elsewhere.

Governments are only created by the wealthy and powerful, and naturally government's main purpose is to protect the wealth and power of those people. True in all countries, regardless of economic or political system. In a communist country, the wealthy and powerful are the Party leaders.