Yes, if we take the premise seriously, surely a strength of our time as opposed to the founding is that a natural aristocracy now could elevate women and black

Yes, if we take the premise seriously, surely a strength of our time as opposed to the founding is that a natural aristocracy now could elevate women and black and indigenous people with merit? Personally, I am skeptical of the “natural aristocracy” idea, but I think advocates of such a system have to reckon with the systematic biases present at the time that lead people like Jefferson to perpetuate slavery and genocide despite their personal merits.