In other words, not an autocracy in which I would lead and others would follow and not a democracy in which everybody's points of view were equally valued, but I wanted to have an idea meritocracy in which the best ideas would win out.
Das heißt, keine Autokratie,  in der ich führe und man mir folgt und keine Demokratie, in der alle Standpunkte gleich bewertet werden, sondern eine Ideengesellschaft, in der die besten Ideen gewinnen.