@WandererUber >they are smarter than we are so they would obviously be better at picking the correct option
>Why would they be split 50/50 if one is obviously worse?
You are again applying hivemind-thinking to mankind.
People have personal interests and goals. Perhaps one faction supports expanding continental influence, whereas others prefer overseas influence.

You could also take two completely different subjects that people can disagree on because they have different interests and situations, the final budget is still limited.
One group might want to make investments into finding a cure for cancer because their primary concern is the people's health and wellbeing, while another wants to lower taxes because they care about personal wealth and economic individualism.

>Think about what is required from the voting base to have a republic
I already think democracy is fake and gay, and so is republicanism.

>the Chinese would probably cook up some horrid hivemind aberration in their lab if they were the first to succeed
Perhaps. Although some would say that they have already effectively managed to do so.

>It has diminished. Dysgenics
How so? Jewish admixture? Surely not. Brownoid genes? Hardly. Where does the diminishing come from? Just random mutations?
If ZOG can effectively form "culture based on genetics" into what they desire through random mutations, then I don't think the argument for culture being derived from genetics rather than politics is very strong.