In the process of getting rich you will one day discover that your interests align now with those you once opposed as you are now part of the club. Welcome to the ruling class! (That is if you even get the chance to make it up.)

As for crowdfunding, the wealth distribution is such that even if the bottom 50 percent of the population in the US all united, they could be outspend by the top one percent 16 times overs. On a global scale it is even worse.