> Districting is only one means to electing representatives.
Agreed. The Constitution doesn't actually say representatives have to be chosen by geographic districts, so this would be a relatively easy experiment to run.
> We should strive to get better at picking our representatives.
Agreed. But with the current incentives facing voters, this is highly unlikely to happen.
> We should strive to have fewer voices shouted over and/or ignored outright.
But the reason this matters at all is that we all expect the government to solve all our problems. So anyone whose voice isn't listened to by the government thinks they're never going to get their problem solved. The way to fix this problem is to stop expecting the government to solve all our problems.
> We should strive to continue to bulwark our democracies against fascists, authoritarians, and would be dictators who like democracies only when they rubber stamp their dictatorships.
The less power the government has, the less vulnerable we are to this failure mode.
Agreed. The Constitution doesn't actually say representatives have to be chosen by geographic districts, so this would be a relatively easy experiment to run.
> We should strive to get better at picking our representatives.
Agreed. But with the current incentives facing voters, this is highly unlikely to happen.
> We should strive to have fewer voices shouted over and/or ignored outright.
But the reason this matters at all is that we all expect the government to solve all our problems. So anyone whose voice isn't listened to by the government thinks they're never going to get their problem solved. The way to fix this problem is to stop expecting the government to solve all our problems.
> We should strive to continue to bulwark our democracies against fascists, authoritarians, and would be dictators who like democracies only when they rubber stamp their dictatorships.
The less power the government has, the less vulnerable we are to this failure mode.