You make a VERY impassioned argument for AKA and the D9 in general(aren't you a lawyer?
). However, the D9 by virtue are elitist organizations. It is not meant in a bad way or is it necessarily a bad thing. Honestly, any organization where you are CHOSEN for membership, is elitist. Elite is not the person with the most money or the best car. I think in terms of D9, it means the best All Around Person. I can remember being an undergrad student attending a "Meet the Greeks" function. The members of the respective G8(No Iota in NPHC back then) organizations were all there and representing. The main focus was how the groups were elitist not because they think they are somehow "better" than everyone else. They are elitist because they want the best for their organizations and therefore want the best people, the most elite people, to represent their organizations. Everybody on the planet can not be an AKA.