"this is basically the point of representative democracy" Democracy is not a system to promote meritocracy. It's a system to avoid autocracy, and all other thi

"this is basically the point of representative democracy" Democracy is not a system to promote meritocracy. It's a system to avoid autocracy, and all other things are exernalities rising from this core purpose. The point of democracy is to have a constant churn within a large enough powerpool to discourage formation of ruling cliques and oligarchies. It's nice if the chosen representatives are efficient and skillfull, but that's not the point of the system.