I could quibble with a few points. But overall, this essay has a lot of merit. Mostly it speaks to the need --in sevaral ways--for a new democracy:

https://medium.com/tiered-democratic-governance/the-tdg-essay-cf48e4b4a1eb

The sooner we realize that the current way is not working and cannot be repaired, the sooner we can start building the new way.