Yes. Here I am drawing on Landa and Pevnick (global.oup.com/academic/pro...) about how political meritocracy is no less egalitarian than representative democracy. Of course, they have other problems with PM. But I argue those problems can be addressed by embracing not pure PM, but a hybrid regime.

Actually, I made it clear in the abstract this is not based on some Millian arguments casting doubts on average voters' political competence. Also, I explain in the article why this well-designed hybrid regime should be viewed as more, not less, egalitarian than electoral democracy.