Wednesday 9 January 2013

We cannot be free if we have fptp

If people can vote for whomever they like as with proportional representation then this is a form of anarchy because each person is equally represented. It is much easier for governments to form when there is first past the post. We can think of a single-party legislature as 'government' and a coalition of many parties to be more like anarchy. And this is the problem with pr for the ruling establishment of a fptp country. They cannot switch to pr because to do so would be to end their rule. The government want to maintain their position of being able to legally seize assets without legal recourse and so they want to keep fptp. To switch to pr would be for the government to willingly give up this incredible privilege. It is difficult for the government to support pr because it would be difficult to collect taxes. It is only possible to tax people if they do not have a choice of parties to vote for and so it is only with fptp that the government can tax people. With pr there would be no tax which is the reason the government rejects pr. The government rejects pr because it will no longer be able to 'tax' people. The government has no choice but to retain fptp otherwise it will cease to be the government. There are no proportional governments... only fptp is government. Without fptp there is no government. Government is never proportional. There are no proportional governments. We can still have pr even though it is anarchy. There is no reason to reject pr simply because it is not government... we do not need government and so we do not need fptp. We would only need fptp if we need government which we do not. There is no reason to keep fptp. There is no need for fptp. Fptp is unnecessary. There is no need for fptp... there is no need not to give people a choice (and let them be free). If we have democracy we are free but fptp is not democracy and so we are not free. We are not free unless we have pr.

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