Communism is a form of magic but magic isn't possible so the only realistic approach to politics is pragmatism. Which is why parties of the 'right' who are economically liberal tend to be seen as nasty since they deny that communism is possible. Being an anti-communist is a bit like being an atheist since we are contradicting a cherished (albeit false) belief. It's not that communism isn't a nice idea... it's just that it's impossible. Communism is impossible so the right are nasty.
Despite being nasty many people in the country are prepared to vote for right-wing parties so we know that many (perhaps even) most of the electorate are against communism. They are not bigoted against economic freedom and recognise the pragmatic reality that communism doesn't work. Given that many voters are against communism there is no need to shield them from full democracy. If to be right-wing is to be nasty it might be the case that some of the voters are even more nasty than what they are being offered. Perhaps people are to the right of the established centre-right party in a fptp dictatorship... in which case full pr would offer even more (economic) freedom. Fptp might be restraining the people from being even more free of the government. If democracy is how we get free from the government then more of it is always a good thing. Democracy is good unless the people are deluded but they are less deluded than the politicians. The people are less deluded and more right-wing (nasty) in economic terms than the politicians so pr is preferable to fptp.
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