Why do you assume that most people want (external) power in their lives? Note that it's one thing to talk about getting more money and actually being serious about it. This is where I can see lots of people not wanting all that money, after all. They would want it if it was somehow free but they're only willing to work for much lesser amounts, so they don't really want it.

A reasonable amount of (relative) wealth is accessible to most people if only they're willing to do focused work to gain that sort of income and accumulate that wealth. But the majority of people are willing to buy a lotto ticket they say for fun or a basic 9-to-5 job, and leave it at that.