> This sounds backward and feudalistic to me.

Just because your emotions make you feel like that, doesnt mean there is any rational reason here.

The modern era has shown humans likely do not have free will, thus things like pop Media has disproportionate impact on democractic elections. Makes me think its regressive to think that popular outcome is the best way to decide things like justice. What makes you think that is better than a scientific approach?

At the end of the day, we want to limit pain and increase pleasure. What good is having a charlatan being president?