Sorry, who's the 'intellectual' competition? The morally vacuous, or the mentally limited they exploit? The only thing I'm scared of is my descendants having to deal with another mormon/scientologist tier shitshow throwing resources after literal insanity.
I mean... You're not wrong. I could make semantic quibbles, but the only major distinction is that all governments have an understood process to change them, whether by votes or guillotine, and people get really upset when you apply either of those to a coalition of idiots incapable of rudimentary defense.