I read the first two paragraphs and realized it was dumb.

Ahh. Well that settles it then. You are one of the few select super-intelligent individuals that can judge content without reading it. I stand corrected.

However some would disagree:

Clawson popularized another definition of infocracy — a form of organization in which the basis of power is information (Clawson, 1999, 2000). Clawson observes that the industrial revolution generated a shift in the dominant management paradigm from aristocracy to bureaucracy. He suggests the information revolution is spawning a similar shift from bureaucracy to infocracy (see Table 3). In an aristocracy, with power derived from gender and lineage, decisions are made by those entitled to do so by birth. In a bureaucracy, decision-making authority is vested in those at the highest organizational levels; these office holders are assumed to know the most and to be best able to effect wise decisions. In an infocracy, decisions are made by those best equipped to interpret the relevant data, rather than those empowered to make decisions by dint of their positions. Clauson calls the people with the right information and knowledge "node interpreters."

The transition from bureaucracy to infocracy could have significant implications for how organizations operate. For example, Clawson hypothesizes the most effective leadership styles will be those relying on information based persuasion rather than command and control behavior.

Clawson suggests the transition from bureaucracy to infocracy will proceed faster than the move from aristocracy to bureaucracy. Bureaucracies, while designed to control information, are largely structured around the physical assets of the underlying organization. An infocracy has no comparable physical restrictions, which may explain the faster rate of transition. We believe the information-intensive nature of financial services and lessening importance of associated physical assets positions this industry to be an early adopter of infocratic principles.

The internet is largely based on infocratic principles. Reddit is very much an infocracy. It is not far fetched to assume that younger people who are being raised on social media-democracy, or direct-representative hybrid democracies, would also move towards a shift in our political culture to one they're more familiar with.

... even if that idea is "dumb", according to your expertise.