The government does not provide freedom

We can think of democracy as being an absolute good... it is not the driving force behind government it is what constrains government. Even if there is no government democracy is still good it means nothing other than choice. Democracy can exist without government. If democracy is freedom then democracy will be bad for government because government is concerned with people being accountable to the state (and not being free). The state does not provide freedom we get that from nature. Anarchy is freedom and so proportional representation is preferable to first past the post since it constrains the state and will therefore give us more freedom. Democracy is good if the state is the opposite of freedom.