Saturday 10 November 2012

First past the post gives the state too much freedom

The purpose of democracy is to enable the population to constrain the state... but fptp fails to do this because it reduces to a choice between only two parties. With pr there is much more choice which means voters are much better able to constrain the state. Democracy is intended to reduce the state and pr is more 'democratic' than fptp. The government is democratic if it is constrained... the word 'democratic' is not intended to describe some thing 'nice' ...it is not about being sharing and being considerate... it is about being constrained. A pair of handcuffs is democratic. For a voting system to be democratic is bad for the government. First past the post is not democratic enough. Pr is more democratic which means it is worse for the government. Democracies are nasty for the government... the alternative is complete freedom for the government. A lack of democracy gives complete freedom to the state which means people will either starve or be killed.

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