Tuesday 8 January 2013

The state is not good

First past the post is the means by which the state prevents the people from opposing it. People even vote tactically for the fptp parties in the hope that things will change but all this does is strengthen the system. When people vote for the fptp parties they are voting against democracy which means they are opposing the only means by which the people have (are able) to protect themselves against the state. Democracy is the only means by which the people can get freedom if there is a state and so to support fptp is to oppose the people. First past the post supporters are making it more difficult for innocent others to get freedom. First past the post protects the state and everyone who supports it is too protecting the state. Only pr will enable the people to free themselves of the state. If democracy is bad then pr is bad but democracy is not bad because it is the only thing which opposes the state. Only if the state should not be held accountable would it be good to abolish democracy. If there is no democracy there will still be a state so we want the most open form of democracy possible so that the thieves who will inevitably get hold of the state are held accountable. Anarchy is not possible (and even if it is fptp doesn't enable it) so we want the most open system of democracy possible. Fptp protects the state and diminishes the ability of the people to get freedom. The problem with the state is not democracy. The state is not anarchy so anything which is an impediment on the state is a good thing. Democracy is bad if the state is good. Democracy is not bad because the state is not good.

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