You said it Adornoe!
Power does corrupt I agree, but the power of the Corporations (Financial might, extending over into to Political realm), is exactly that - the rule of the corrupted FEW! So how come you keep fighting for, and defending all that you are so against. In my opinion, it is all going back to Communism, but via a different route! After reading most of my posts, you probably know why - HUMAN GREED!
What I liked in this report was to see that when you remove and eliminate some of the typical human (call them negative) factors, the decision of the few can become a very attractive alternative, and a great example to follow over the constant unending battle to reach a consensus between different agendas.
And one thing is certain, Democracy is overrated! How do we know that? Look at the tentacles of the Corporations enveloping and ever-more (for their own purposes) controlling most of the Political / Government decisions.
I have always said it - the rule or the decision of the majority is not always the best one, and Democracys fundamentals are based exactly on that principle! You ponder on that for a while!
And to finaly sum it up - please be aware, that it is easy to label people ignorant, but what is the point!? If I recall history well, during the evolution of the humankind most non-conformist and a big number of academic personas were all labeled as Ignoramus, non-believers and so forth, simply because of their revolutionary and out-of-time beliefs and visions. By having this argument here and now, are we repeating History again - you and I?