We need a system of government that allows scientists and thinkers to have a weighted power balancing politicians. POliticians cannot be trusted by definition
It's more efficient to have delegation systems. The problem is that both politicians and the press are corrupted delegation systems.
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." - Winston Churchill.
Have you considered any noblesse oblige-style colonization and rule of third-world nations? Sounds like a good match.
I dare say that with enough media backing, I could get dihydrogen monoxide banned. It does kill a lot of children. It has been shown to be very important to terrorist. Companies like to put it in food unregulated because it lets them add mass for cheap.
Probably true elsewhere, but I only know the US.
