Saturday 7 July 2012

Libertarians must advocate pr if there is democracy

It is a mistake to think that fptp is good for freedom... consider the position of a person who wants less government. Their choice is either the centre-left (cl) or centre-right party. Given that they will reject the cl party their only option is to promote the cr party. Even if the cr party are entirely libertarian it still puts the voter in the position of having absolutely no choice... they are compelled to vote for a single party if they want to reject communism and they are only in this position because of the refusal of both parties to allow pr. To be given the choice of only one anti-communist party to vote for is not to be given a choice at all and so the cl party does well. It is idiotic to think that voters will continue to support a cr party which doesn't give them a chance to have full democracy.

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