Saturday 15 December 2012

Fptp governments don't like democracy

The government is acting in an oppressive manner if it does not enable people to have full democracy. If the government does not give to the people full proportional elections then it is acting in an oppressive manner no matter what its other policies. Fptp is a form of socialism and so we can say that any government formed under fptp is socialist. There can be no liberal governments that are formed under fptp. Fptp ensures no government is liberal. Only with proportional representation is it possible to say that the government is a liberal government. The electorate have not been given democracy and the chance to veto government legislation if they have only been given a fptp voting process. Only with pr can it be said that the people have been given the opportunity to veto the government. To have been given democracy is to have been given the opportunity to refuse. Without pr we have not been given the opportunity to refuse the government. The governed have not given their consent if they have not been given a proportional election. Only governments formed using a proportional system (can claim to) have the consent of the people. No government using fptp has the consent of the people... proportionality is a requirement to have consent. There can be no consent without proportionality. If the government wanted to make sure it has a mandate (and give the people a voice) it would use pr... the fact that it uses fptp suggests that they do not want to give to the people the opportunity to refuse.

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