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The Senate by its basic design is anti-democratic. Basically guaranteeing that an elite powerful group will always be able to keep control. The rest of the system is flawed and far from perfect. But honestly fairly workable. If it wasn't for the hobbling that has happened through the centuries. Such as capping the house. Keeping its membership small and static so it's easy to control again by wealthy powerful individuals.
Just abolishing the Senate and uncapping the house would go a long long way. If the house was set back to how it was set at it's founding. 1 per 30000 citizens. There would be over 10,000 Congressional representatives as opposed to the current 435. Though all that still is stopgap ultimately as the state realistically is the problem.