We see the least amount of incompetence on display when human organizations have to compete with one another in achieving their goals and where success in achieving such goals is determined by consumers in large numbers (as in non-monopolistic free-markets).
That said, there will always be a fight between those who favor representative government and those who want dictatorship and/or totalitarian government. It seems that what humans lack in competence, they make up for in greed.
Maybe elected representatives should be on commission - they more successful they are in keeping spending and regulation under control, the more money they make. The rep who successfully stops a trillion dollar Build Back Boondoggle in its tracks deserves a ten million dollar commission - no problem.
We need to throw more cash at elected officials to compete with the looters and their lobbyists. And the prospect of compensation equivalent to free market levels might even attract better quality people into government service:)