at the end of the day, even if you fixed voting, gerrymandering and lobbying, as long as people can own newspapers/radio/tv, and amplify their voice; they will

at the end of the day, even if you fixed voting, gerrymandering and lobbying, as long as people can own newspapers/radio/tv, and amplify their voice; they will always be able to control: who is on the ballot, and who people vote for. MOST people dont have a substantial time invested in nuanced policy stance, they form an opinion based on what the tv or paper (or friends) says, and vote accordingly. democracy will always reduce itself to who can yell the loudest, who can create the most fear, who can be the most persuasive to the mass (even if not a sound factual argument.) and then every blue moon you will have a Trump, that finds a way to amplify their image on the cheap, by getting everyone to talk ABOUT them. all press being good press, and the bad press is free.