Saturday 20 October 2012

If there is no fptp establishment there is less harm

There is nothing sacred about the voter... voters can do great damage and we know from history that many tyrannies have been supported by democracy. With fptp the voter is able to do great harm to its own people and to other countries. With pr the voter is only able to harm others to the extent that the electorate wish... but with fptp the harm is the sum of that which the voters desire and that which the 'government' desires. If we assume that in a pr system the government and the people are aligned then it is only with fptp that the 'establishment' are a relevant factor. With pr there is no establishment there is only the electorate. With fptp both the establishment and the electorate can exist and do harm but with pr only the electorate can do harm. Pr removes the establishment leaving only the electorate. With pr there is less harm because there is no establishment only an electorate... with fptp there is both which leads to more harm. Pr causes less harm because there is no establishment.

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