Saturday 25 August 2012

Proportional representation is safer than fptp

When we have democracy we are able to elect politicians into power. They can then make laws which will either punish or liberate people and actions. The problem with fptp is that given we must choose between only two parties we can punish either one or the other half of society. With pr we are able to punish either all of society (communism) or none of it (liberalism) and anything in between. If we are angry and want punish someone (if we are being persecuted) and the liberal party (under fptp) will fail to carry out that punishment it is likely we will vote for the other side. Democracy enables people to punish and be punished... it will be worse if people are only able to punish others by choosing communism. Since democracy enables people to be punished then it is in our interests to enable people to punish others in the most refined and least dangerous manner possible which is pr. Fptp is too crude and dangerous a form of democracy.

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