There is no government with pr

The truth is not necessarily popular... that is to say the number of people who hold a belief is not always a good indication of whether it is true. In fact many truths are sometimes uncomfortable (such as the certainty of death) and are as a consequence rejected by many people. We do not know something is true merely because many people believe it. People can sometimes believe in some stupid things. Which is why the concept of democracy is not perfect. It is possible for more than half of the population to be bigoted and hold false views... which means that great harm can be done. Popularity doesn't make something true so democracy is not necessarily the best means by which we should be governed. Democracy is flawed because the truth is not always popular. Democracy is not a guarantee of truth or (is it) certain to be the best system... although it does confer a degree of consent from the people. If there is a government it requires consent which is what democracy provides. We are not obligated to vote 'tactically' which means even in a fptp system the government has received a mandate to rule. In a democracy the government is an expression of the desires of the people... and if there is not pr this is tempered by the inability of the people to get precisely what they want. With pr people can get exactly what they want... with fptp they can get some of what they want... the rest being provided by the establishment. Pr might not be good because it gives the people (lets the people have) more of what they want... although within the logic of democracy (and consent) itself then pr is sensible. The government would have even more consent from the people if there is pr. With fptp there is a degree of unpopular government. With pr all of the government has a mandate from the people (if that is valid or not) whereas with fptp only some of the state has a mandate from the people. Pr gives more (the entirety) of the government a mandate. If government with consent is not government then pr is anarchy and only fptp (of the two principal democratic systems) provides any government at all.