Monday 8 October 2012

There is no freedom without democratic freedom

According to Duverger's law any political system involving first-past the post (or something similar) will eventually result in a two-party system. This is clearly bad for freedom because freedom relies on people being free to choose. If people cannot choose a political party which represents them they have no real representation. If minorities cannot find representation then individuals cannot find representation because the individual is a minority. Libertarians seek to maximise freedom which means they are instinctively drawn to electoral reform and pr. If someone is not interested in changing a fptp system to one which is proportional this is evidence that they are not interested in freedom... even if they openly state otherwise. Libertarians (and anarchists) always have a preference for pr wherever fptp exists.

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