the question you should be asking next, is why do we allow fools to decide such things in the first place...

The only governance system I know that allows the smart minds to be really be heard and impossible to ignore are the consent based ones. Systems ike sociocracy.

As our societies become more and more complex the larger the chances are that on many topics, one knows more than many.

High time to learn how to listen carefully and update our system of governance to par.