Intellectocracy: A 21st Century Political Ideology

Mahendar Kumar

doi:10.1515/openps-2021-0004

Abstract

Abstract The research was conducted in order to understand how democracy has been unable to solve current potential issues of the world and what needs to be changed in this regard. A new political system of Intellectocracy has been introduced based upon the philosophy of Szellemiism- which promulgates that an individuals’ right to vote should be decided as per his/her education, experience and knowledge of the environment around him/her whether national or global. The philosophy determines that, individuals are equal by birth but they do create a difference because of their acquired ability to perform in this world. The concept of Intellectocracy understood as a new political system in which, political leaders at any low or higher level must be elected not just based upon one’s personal preference and judgment equally but, through the weighted voting of individual’s understanding, knowledge and experience of the outside world by using the latest technology. The study concluded at the end that the globe is moving towards a difficult terrain hence it needs wise, patient and intelligent leaders in order to solve native and global issues collectively.

Highlights

It is a reality, not an assumption by any way that the world is sliding through crucial and challenging terrains whether socially, economically or politically
The outburst of new technologies and the sudden changes in the way things are done has challenged the internal socio-political structure of one’s individual self and that is why fascism or authoritarianism is on the rise all over the world
The uncertainty of the future has evoked the idea of closing your eyes and goes back to the past rather than to keep the eyes open and accept the change, while making essential institutional and ideological changes in order to accommodate the change for the well-being of the wider global community, as it happened in last two centuries, with the acceptance of capitalism and democracy as the only two key pillars of the modern economic and political structure

Summary

Introduction

Not an assumption by any way that the world is sliding through crucial and challenging terrains whether socially, economically or politically. Tocqueville (1969) highlighted that political parties are engrossed with their own narrow self-interest; it increases the chance of polarization in society, which eventually exacerbates multiple conflicts among different interest groups. He further argued that democracy mostly produces mediocre leaders because of its inherent procedures that allowed the public to change its opinion every and . Kellerman (1986) argued that those who are enthusiastic to become political leaders are power-hungry They are most of the time not interested in serving the public to the best of their abilities, but to enhance their own interest or wealth. It is emphasized that, in order to have better political leadership, the process of choosing the political leadership should be changed because, it is not possible to have intelligent, sober and broad-minded leadership systemically without changing the procedures used to select them

Different Political Ideologies

What is Intellectocracy?

Why Intellectocracy is necessary?

Key Takeaways

Findings

Conclusion