Saturday 26 January 2013

Only proportional representation is logical

A performative contradiction is a contradiction of the type whereby the agent is acting in such as way or is subject to an environment which directly contradicts their proposition. For example to deny that you are a human is a performative contradiction. To claim not to be speaking is a performative contradiction. The reason why the fptp political class is engaging in a performative contradiction is that they base much (all) of their rhetoric on the validity of the fptp voting system. It is supposed that fptp has given voters sufficient choice to remove the politicians from office when it has not. Fptp is good only if it is anarchy and clearly if we are even discussing politics then fptp is not anarchy. If there is fptp there is not anarchy by definition and so pr is better but the political class must be a supporter of fptp if they are prepared to be associated with politics. They must be blind to the problems and contradictions of fptp. Fptp doesn't work because it enables the formation of a state by definition (that it the purpose of fptp) and so only pr is reliable and logically possible.

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