While i feel similar, be careful what you whish for, because it could also swing the other way, giving imbeciles even more power. Like for example in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale_(TV_seri...

I didn't like it that much, but didn't need too much suspension of disbelief to see it as a realistic possibility.

Think of all the televangelists, megachurches, religious fundamentalists and so on. What happens in dire times? People flock to such things. There is no 'rationality" in it, just instinct. Thereby worsening the chance of the outcome you wish for.

I felt the smarter way would be to ridicule these horror clowns as much as possible, so their incompetence would obvious to almost everyone. But somehow that seems to not even matter.

I'm clueless as to why. It does not compute!