Theories of Power In Democracy

I one hundred percent agree with C. Wright Mills' theory about power in our government especially after reading the excerpt from his book "The Power Elite". I feel that today, the only thing that people know our government for is its ability to keep the wealthy individuals and elites in control of the power in our government. The reason why these elites and corporations sustain this power is not just because they have money, but it is simply because not every average American has such a great influence on the public as someone like Bill gates would. All because the one percent of America is being held at such a high standard in our political system, the power of the people is being expunged at the expense of these elites. In the excerpt it states, " As the means of information and of power are centralized, some men come to occupy positions in the American society from which they can look down upon, so to speak, and by their decisions mightily affect, the everyday worlds of ordinary men and women". What Mills is trying to explain here is that the everyday people of America are essentially being belittled due to the fact that the wealthy can affect policy making and the fluctuation of power in our democracy even though it is said that every man is equal. As well as just the elites of our country having the ability to influence average Americans, they also have the power and money to influence their corporations which causes even more power to be shifted over in to the hands of Elites. Therefore my point is that the power in our democracy is unfairly placed in the hands of the rich instead of there being an equal separation of power, which is how this concept was supposed to be derived and it needs to change.