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> seems obvious but it's actually quite a feat

It's funny you should say that, I was just watching "Hacking Democracy" not too long ago

In terms of economic equality, I wonder if there's a lesson to be learned in the Scandinavian countries. From what I understand, their high taxes don't go to "mindless redistribution" as some have stated, it goes to a strong focus on public education and social programs that ensures that no matter what family you're born in to; everybody has equal opportunity to pursue whatever career they want. I also find it interesting that the champions of democracy tend to have a sparsely/smaller population e.g. Norway has only around 5 million people

Gerrymandering is something I can't even imagine there being a solution to, truth be told

There's a school of thought that his untimely death was a disaster for not just Americans, but the entire planet:

https://www.amazon.com/Roosevelts-Lost-Alliances-Personal-Politics-ebook/dp/B006MLKZQ0

https://youtu.be/ml8XW8WVCd4?t=255s

Yes, you're right that conventionally Byzantium has gotten short shrift, possibly because it became an 'East' that seemed outside of the main streams of Western European history (at least for long periods); and possibly because it gets lost in between Late Antiquity on the one hand and the Renaissance on the other. I'm not very read up on the topic but there is more scholarship on it now. One thing I read which is super accessible and readable (even quite exciting) is John Julius Norwich's three-volume history of the whole of the Byzantine period, from 330 to 1453: https://www.amazon.com/Byzantium-Centuries-John-Julius-Norwich/dp/0394537785

Good question. America Speaks is still around. It is part of the 'public engagement' movement which can also be called 'deliberative democracy.' There's a good book on it: https://www.amazon.com/Do-Yourself-Democracy-Engagement-Industry/dp/0199987262 . But all you really need to do is read the conclusion: it doesn't have any lasting effect after the organizers leave town. IMHO, this is because it doesn't provide people with any real sense of power, it only recruits a small percentage of the population, and it requires too much time and energy from each individual to be sustainable.