Fixing Politics
How to Solve Districting, Re-Districting, and Gerrymandering Gamers AKA Cheaters
Draw fair common sense congressional districts that don’t cheat
We have the means to be fair. Despite evidence to the contrary, common sense is not dead. Settle down, sit, quit yer yapping. It’s not. There’s a tiny pulse in the wee corners of dark rooms, where common sense still breathes.
Take a checkerboard and slap that puppy over a map!
Voila! You’re fairly drawn.
“That’s it?” you say.
If you’re in a dense city, you just use a tiny checkerboard.
Only the checkerboard size can change. That’s your redistricting solution.
Better yet, have AI do it. But it better be an AI the FBI/CIA/NSA/NRO/DOD/DEA/DOE/DHS/BLM or WGA use, not that gelatinous error-prone lying version they gave the public.
“But it’s more complicated than that,” you say.
Poppycock!
It may be a little more complicated, but not much. Change the size of the checkerboard with the population density. Boom! Re-districting solved.
“But you’re naïve and don’t know what you’re talking about,” you may add.
Well, let’s hear it. What’s the problem?
“But farmers and water,” you whine.
Double-Darn Poppycock!
Double the size of the square until it’s fair.
Now off you go. Get to it.
Open Source Problems — Open Source Solutions
I’m sure there are other problems with this suggestion, so let’s hear it. I’m confident the public can pull together to solve our problems. We just need to open-source them and listen to each other.
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