Monday 14 January 2013

There is nothing to fear in proportional representation

The problem with fptp is that only one of the main parties will ever get elected which means if the two parties share an ideology it will never be threatened. With pr in contrast if the people want to be free they are able to find a party which will support that. With pr we can be assured that over time the people will get what they want... whatever that is. And we know that they will want freedom (eventually). But with fptp we do not know what we will get because what we get is what the fptp parties choose and not the people. The people will always choose freedom (eventually) but the parties very often choose something different thinking the government is more powerful (and more just) than it is. We know with pr that we will get calm and obvious freedom but with fptp we can get anything. Proportional representation is 'boring' and predictable but that is to be desired in government. We know (roughly) what we will be getting with pr unlike fptp. Pr is boring and predictable unlike fptp.

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