People are too fucking dumb [and] there's no end to grifters taking advantage of that

Maybe not, but these statements are directly applicable to voters and I think voting in an environment where bad actors can easily manipulate voters is irresponsible.

Do you not agree?

If you can find it, i'm curious.

Not in real life.

I do dream of a government composed of a council of experts. Each person would be an expert in their field and they would br elected by their own peers. I think something like that would be better for humanity. If you look at the science communities you will see a lot of collaboration across boundaries and i think that's one of our biggest problems.

I'm not so delusional as to think it faultless, but an improvement, surely.