> I want a republic where educated people have disproportional power to those who are less educated and produce less value That's not a democracy. That's an ar

> I want a republic where educated people have disproportional power to those who are less educated and produce less value That's not a democracy. That's an aristocracy. Who decides what "value" is? Part of living in a society is trading things off. The system functions /because/ there is an opposition to keep the elected leadership in check. Living in a truly homogenous society sounds both dangerous and truly terrible to me. If you are unhappy about the 50,000 "thems" that chose an outcome that you don't agree with, and you are unwilling to understand why the chose the way they chose, then you can go to the countryside where you can be educated and wise over all the farm animals.