Monday 18 February 2013

Fptp is good and pr would be even better

There is nothing more civilising than democracy it is the means by which we can be sure that people are not being oppressed. Democracy enables people to reject the state with no more than their vote which is simply their opinion. They do not need to demonstrate their power or intimidate their antagonists... their vote alone suffices. It is the means by which we remove power and force from government and society. Without democracy disputes are resolved by the use of force. With democracy it is not the strongest who gets to make the law it is everyone who can vote. Democracy gives power to the weak where they would not otherwise get power... so democracy is to be celebrated if we celebrate civilisation. Only people who would seek to oppress the weak dislike democracy. Only bad people dislike democracy everyone else should celebrate it which is why it is bad to have a non-proportional system of voting. If we do not have pr (but instead fptp) we have not exploited the full civilising power of democracy. Fptp is better than anything else apart from full proportional representation. Fptp is good but pr is better. In fact the only thing better than fptp is pr. Democracy is wonderful and pr is even better than fptp. People who like fptp would like pr even more.

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