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Neoliberalism, and for that matter democracy (our Republic actually, since USA isn't a democracy) WAS devised by the 'elite' class. -- Washington, Jefferson, et al were all the elites of their times, Jefferson was a very rich slave owner. The problem I think is we get tied to the 'historical' or national pride of the constitution when there's many flaws in the way our government was setup, and it was always a rigged game - rigged for those with money/economic sway. There has never been a gov't yet that really put the needs of it's poorest people at the forefront of the constitution. (Some european countries come close like Denmark) -- but only after recent changes in the past 100 years -- the problem is changing ANYTHING in a country as big as America with a political establishment that contols BOTH parties is nearly impossible.

Should we blindly follow people who are rich enough to command others? Now that we have the internet/technology why can't we have where we vote on issues, or pick ANYBODY we admire and trust to vote for us? -- I don't want to vote on all tech stuff so I might delegate my vote to Bill Gates on issues tagged 'tech', environmental stuff I'd delegate to Bill Nye, etc..

They could vote or re-delegate their collective votes to someone else like Bernie Sanders, or John Mccain.