I don't think you can. But democracy's approval rating has been dropping for a while, so that's probably not the death blow it would have been. Democracy doesn

I don't think you can. But democracy's approval rating has been dropping for a while, so that's probably not the death blow it would have been. Democracy doesn't seem to be sacred anymore. The number of people saying it's essential (rating a 10/10 on importance) to live in a democracy seems to have peaked for people born in the 50s in Europe and has been dropping for birth cohorts since the 30s. [Figure 1 in the source] Source: https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/FoaMounk-27-3.pdf https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/0... Additionally, about 15-20% of people in the US (depending on age) seem to think democracy is a bad way to run a country [Figure 2 in previous source] Even this pew article, which is relatively rosy on democracy, finds that ~40% of the US would be fine with leaving policy making to experts. The question specifically mentions excluding elected officials. [4th chart in next source]. We could probably debate on the merits of technocracy, but it's a very different thing than democracy. Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2017/10/16/democracy-widely-supported-little-backing-for-rule-by-strong-leader-or-military/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2017/10/16/democracy-wide...