Monday 23 July 2012

Proportional representation is bad for government

First past the post (in contrast to pr) is the type of democracy which gives the least choice to the voter and so leads to the most government.

People do not choose to be slaves. (Slavery is not a choice.)

Being asked a yes-or-no question in a referendum is not the same as being asked to choose between two different political parties. The former is the natural form of direct democracy but the latter involves promoting a party to vote on your behalf with little choice. It is not a case of accepting or rejecting a proposed new law instead we choose one or another government. Proportional representation is (more) like not having a representative because we can find someone who agrees with our views. If representative democracy is not proportional then it becomes less like direct democracy and less free. To make representative democracy less offensive it should be proportional. If representative democracy is not proportional this leads to problems.

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