And how does one determine this enlightened few and how do they get out into power? It seems like you're advocating for what would quickly become an aristocracy,
People can work together, but an effective system of organization needs to be in place which allows for check and balances. The internet has bypassed many of our former checks and balances, so it's time to rework things.
I don't think it's actually that hard to choose a set of benevolent caretakers willing to understand the needs to the common folk especially if you divide the aristocracy up into a few different branches and put checks and balances on the power the aristocracy has between each branch and preserve a core set of individual liberties upon which the aristocracy shall not tread. But we've seen that fall apart so at this point I'm more interested in a Neo-monarchist experiment myself.
Is the hierarchy in your hypothetical situation hereditary? Are there benefits to being the caretakers that the rest of society doesn't share? Obviously power is one by definition, what prevents the caretakers from beginning in benevolence but then turning to selflessness?
Yeah my comment is half a facetious metaphor—making fun of the current state of affairs, and half serious in that pure popular rule has also proven to scale poorly.
People can work together, but an effective system of organization needs to be in place which allows for check and balances. The internet has bypassed many of our former checks and balances, so it's time to rework things.