And so we ourselves struggle with an electorate which is increasingly ignorant both academically and culturally. It should be of no surprise that those backwards societies overseas are incapable of understanding and embracing the kinds of sophisticated republican ideals that were once the hallmark of the American genius.
I don't think there is any truth to what you say. The American founders read and discussed the ideas of the day and implemented them. What makes you think that intellectuals elsewhere have not done the same? There is no basis in fact for your assertion that people today are less educated than those in 1789.
However, I have been exposed to lots of Americans who have lived in the corrupt tyrannies of NE cities. They neither understand or believe in democracy or the American republic. They do believe in the maffia, though.