Saturday 16 February 2013

Proportional rep. is more like anarchy than fptp

People do not like government and they do not like being owned. People instinctively reject slavery and they do not like being a slave which is why when they are given the choice they will choose to reduce the size of the government. If there is enough democracy there will be no state since by definition the state is the absence of choice. If we have enough choice in our every-day activities then there will be no state. Democracy is the absence of government which is why (in comparison to fptp) pr is like anarchy. Pr is anarchy because to be given a choice is to be free. It is only if there is not choice and democracy that there is a government so we can think of fptp as being a form of democracy which favours the existence of the government. Without fptp (with pr) there would be no significant government because if we are able to represent ourselves then we have been given a choice. There is no government if we can make a choice for ourselves which is why pr is more like anarchy than fptp.

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