| America has a first passed the post tweedist republic. In order for the act of democracy to perform better, barriers to entry for participating need to be dropped and representation has to be improved. Big steps that can be made are - getting money as far away from politics as possible. This will be done by limiting spending and limiting time spent campaigning. - mathematically designed districts - instead of first pass the post, many will say instant runoff. Instant runoff is fine, but it is still super linear. To get closer to a direct democracy, liquid voting is far more effective. I personally like log-liquid voting that scales a representative influence logarithmically with their constituent size. This logarithmic scaling allows smaller communities to be heard and dissuades clout chasing. - typically smaller countries are able to represent the diversity of their citizens better - term limits on all positions - remove advertising from news outlets - Break apart information and monopolies like all of the major social networks and news stations |