So your argument is: not to be against an unfair and ridiculous process, but point and say: "they cheat so we can too?"
Do away with all Gerrymandering. Make everything statewide. Get 100 on the ticket for congress people can only vote for 1 person and that the top vote getters. That way you are pretty much guaranteed to have the ratio of republican and democrat congressman to reflect almost exactly the ratio of republican to democrat voters.
As you so rightly point out, it would result in tremendous additions of republican seats in all of New England and even heavily blue states like California. But it will also result in large gains of Democrat seats in heavily red states like Texas.
Will it shift the balance of power? I don't know. But what I do know is, the elected representatives are much more likely to redirect the will of the states people.
21: Gumby would be flabbergasted over your ability to bend that tripe into a positive.