This mob-rule problem are ones involving even worse offenses of police states, loss pf privacy and oligarchical reinforcement.

That said, maybe a technocracy is the real solution. Just not one I can stomach.

"a representative polity established on fundamental law, each person has the right to pursue and fulfill his or her unobtrusive vision of the good life. In such a society, the common good is the cumulative product of free and equal individuals who pursue meaningful aims."