People are not interested in prop. representation

Voters don't seem to mind first past the post... which would suggest that they like the government and fear the anarchy of pr. In which case (even under pr) it would be perfectly possible for them to get the socialism they desire. Pr is liberal only if the voters are liberal and if they tolerate fptp they are not liberal and so pr would make no difference. If fptp prevents freedom then people are free to reject it so we can assume the government under either system is roughly as large as people want it to be. First past the post doesn't constrain freedom because if people want freedom they would reject fptp democratically under fptp. Fptp is not resistant to people wanting pr. Fptp is not stable in the face of arguments for pr... if people want pr they can easily get it by voting for an appropriate party. Fptp is stable only if people are more concerned about losing their 'tactical' influence than they are concerned about registering a preference for pr. Fptp doesn't stop the introduction of pr... the truth is that if there is fptp it is because people tolerate it.