You would probably just start as an apprentice and learn on the job. I argued that democracies face serious externality problems. People have little incentive to acquire information or think rationally. Many people see the right to vote as sacred, but it's not clear why. When people vote, they are making decisions about how other people have to live.
Irrational voting is the political equivalent of pollution.
While I don't expect to win everyone over on all of these proposals, the important thing to understand is the economic rationale behind each of them.