And he would be right about that. Educated people should support demarchy because it makes more sense than ancient Greek invention called democracy. How can a educated person believe in a voting system where a person who have no formal education and can barely sign his name, is equal with high educated scientist?
Because that person without formal education is a human being too, being dumber does not make him less so, and hence is allowed to have a say in his own fate just as much as the one who is an educated scientist. Yours is a common complaint, yet it makes no sense. Democracy is not an engineering project where everything must be done according to strict mathematical laws or else, it is a form of government. It doesn't matter how stupid or intelligent someone is, their human value is the same and both have feelings and opinions. The whole point of democracy is the that the people themselves decide how they are ruled; if 51% of the nation think they'd rather not join NATO even if it gets them killed, then so be it, it is the decision of the majority of the people who'll be influenced by said decision. Or, less dramatically, if they decide that they'd rather not have free healthcare, then that is the wish of the people. Intelligence does not come into play.