There are two fundamentally distinct forms of democracy: winner-take-all and full representation. Reading your article, you understand winner-take-all really well. I know that full-representation is never explained well in our society; our politicians do not want you to know about it.
What sets these two formats apart is that winner-take-all has two rounds of majority rule, whereas full representation has just one round.
0.6 x 0.6 = 0.36. Majority times majority is often a minority.
The first majority occurs in the districts when voters compete with voters when picking the winner.
The second majority occurs when the winners compete with the winners to decide on political matters.
That means that the political decision is very often a minority decision in light of all voters. Therefore, we have a political elite that creates that simulation you talk about. They only need to win over the majority of the voters; they truly need not care about all voters (and it shows).
In full representation, the voting system is different. When there are four seats on a city council, then 80% of the voters are guaranteed that their choice is translated into one of these four seats. That's 30% more than our 50% plus one vote we have today.
0.6 x 0.8 = 0.48 (notice how 0.8 is the bare minimum)
If there are nine seats on the council, then 90% of the voters are guaranteed that their choice is translated into one of these nine seats. That's 40% more than what we have as bottom guarantee.
0.6 x 0.9 = 0.54
But there is more. When voters don't have to compete with one another for the win, then the candidates must work harder to obtain a seat. The voters end up becoming more empowered.
Money influence also subsides because investors can bet on both horses in our current district elections and gain influence that way with whoever wins. But when there are seven good candidates for the four seats, or when there are 14 good candidates for the nine seats, then special interest cannot buy them all. They will support the ones that they like best of course, but they can’t buy their way in with all candidates that will win.
It looks like you are ready for a better democracy.
The Founding Fathers provided one little door for us to walk through. I hope you will join us.
It may not seem much, changing the district voting system in our cities and counties into full-representation, but once we have learned how that other form of democracy works, then we may be able to change the State elections as well. The Federal elections are out of reach, but by having real choice at the lower levels, we will end up bringing other politicians in that are telling their truths to these higher political levels. Today, the others are muted because our system only delivers red and blue.
A basic color copier has red, blue, yellow and black ink. So if we can add just one or two more political parties to the mix, then we will have improved our democracy by much.
Come join. The Founding Fathers are showing us a pathway.
'Citizens Invoking the US Constitution'
https://fred-rick.medium.com/citizens-invoking-the-us-constitution-325c17290881
