Saturday 12 January 2013

There is no freedom without the state

Democracy is the means by which we free ourselves from each other. Without democracy there can be no boundaries and no rules which means that without democracy (and the state) there is no freedom. To have freedom we need to have the state. Freedom requires the state because there is no other objective way to set rules and boundaries. But the problem in many countries is that they do not have proportional representation which means the democratic process does not work very well. If we want to be free to the greatest extent possible then we need to give people the widest possible choice. This means voters are free to reject socialism on offer which they do not want. Fptp forces voters to endorse (or to at least not reject) some form of socialism they do not want... if they are voting tactically. Or alternatively have their vote ignored and wasted. To be fully free requires proportional elections not fptp. We cannot be free without elections but if we do not have pr then we do not have full democracy. To have full freedom and democracy requires pr... fptp is only partial freedom.

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