And here is a little secret. Intelligence is not static, but evolves and increases by the influences of the environment. Nobody is stupid.
My suggestion is get a small student loan, the terms are good and get education, earn more money and buy the businesses of the rich. In the process, you may need to press for privatization of the public sector and then buy those businesses too.
Next step is me selling my ***. That's not gonna happen.
Think about it. People buy themselves basically and in the process they build a better governmental machine and semi governmental organisations. Who knows, maybe we'll strike a good deal with the top richest people!!!
The economy, the old democracy etc. are not disrupted. Everybody is happy. The twist is that the poorer must work harder, learn more and buy the resources and businesses in the island from the owners. They won't lose their lives, just money - it's just money.
Atlantis and the Amazons is feasible.
Although initially, there will be democratic socialism, in the distant future all businesses and resources will be socially owned (we will buy them from the owners), but we'll still have international trade and tourism.
We can invest the money that will come from the stronger trade and tourism to our education, arts and letters, sports, hospitals and other needs and donate money back abroad to needy areas.