Why does the elite automatically have to be out of touch? They are the most invested in it all and are incentivized to have a functional state. Democratically e

Why does the elite automatically have to be out of touch? They are the most invested in it all and are incentivized to have a functional state. Democratically elected representatives have no such incentive. Their only incentive is to convince enough people to grant them power. An aristocratic monarchy is preferable to an oligarchical “democracy” like we have today.