[bigbadfeline]

Too many unfounded assumptions

> Let's face it, putting the genie back in the bottle isn't an option.

The genie might be where it's always been, just a few new smokes and mirrors added for laughs and giggles.

> Either we reconstitute the aristocracy under a new, still-undefined regime or we solve the class problem so there's no aristocracy left to legitimize.

"We" being like who? And "aristocracy" is who?

You lost me at Phase 3 because scientists, engineers, policy wonks don't fit any definition of aristocracy. Phase 4 didn't offer new candidates for coronation, so what gives? Are you fomenting a revolution against said scientists, engineers and policy wonks? That's curious to put it mildly.