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I don't actually completely disagree with an unelected element of government, to be fair. The vast majority of people are straight up ****ing stupid, and can barely be trusted to tie their own shoelaces let alone make major decisions about the country they live in.

However, it blatantly shouldn't be as it is, an old boys club based more on who you know and what blood you have in your veins. It should be a merit based system.
One elected house, and one house comprised of the most accomplished sociologists, social psychologists, economists and philosophical thinkers the country has to offer. I'm talking world renowned people with multiple degrees and PhDs in their fields.

Just imagine it. Imagine how many retarded policies dreamt up by uncaring, out of touch public schoolboy career politicians could be stopped in their tracks. Imagine a government at least in part made up of truly enlightened and intelligent individuals?? It sounds too good to be true and so, alas, it is.

I dream of such a society.

A one house system is simply too risky. Even the bumbling Lords managed to (correctly) block a couple of David Camerosbourne Duncan Smith's worst ideas.