The republican system of election combined with a consumerist society benefits from uneducated, easily influenceable masses. The jury system is related to the

The republican system of election combined with a consumerist society benefits from uneducated, easily influenceable masses. The jury system is related to the original democratic ideals: educated, responsible citizens which can be trusted (in aggregate) to take good decisions. What you want is a society where you have more jury like systems, which would encourage the education of the people and especially educating their critical sense. You also want low enough penalties so that jury mistakes are not too dangerous.