[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

End of monarchy as we see it now, no more lords, no more old school tie, a kind of meritocracy when skill and talent is more important than who your dad knows, where political favours aren't granted because of donations to parties, that type of thing might be nice and where lobbiests don't have much clout either

Would indeed be nice - but will never happen. The most likely of your suggestions, imo, is the eventual demise of the democracy. The rest of your ideals will remain crushed by the sheer evidence of human nature; once people get their slice of power, they usually want to climb the ladder, lobby people for support, reward their support ...

Never will be squeaky clean - ever.