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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
I support the idea in theory but in reality, people are generally ****ing clueless about politics, economics, foreign policy, and war.
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You're right. So I would start with education and making sure every citizen is educated, informed, and conversant on topics important to their nation. Kind of like a civics course that starts in elementary school and proceeds through high school. Like, say, start with some kind of basics civics class in third grade, and every year have a civics class be mandatory. Each year the class becomes more advanced. Along the way, the students not only learn government but are also kept apprised of current political, economic, and social issues.
This may seem like a lot, but as a father of many children who have excelled in school, I know what young people's minds are capable of if you challenge them.
We could, if we really wanted to, produce a well-informed and -educated citizenry, so that even Farmer John or Plumber Ralph, when called upon by their country to serve their term, could do so competently.
The problem is, as Batlord pointed out, the patrician class would never allow such a thing to ever come about. Hell, they control education in such a way that the average joe cannot even conceive of this.