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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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In my view, the gerontocracy is a side effect of deeper, systemic issues: too much power in incumbency, too much power placed in the hands of the hands of too few, too much power given to money. I would prioritize these three changes to fix our democracy:
That’s it. Everything else flows downhill from there.
Can you expand on 2 (uncap the house)? I'm not familiar enough to know what that refers to.
Fully agree with 1 and 3 though.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-house-got-stuck-at-435-seats/