Thursday 28 March 2013

First past the post is a form of theft

In a democracy each voter has the right to an equal vote... there is no reason to give preference to any particular way of voting for this destroys the principles behind democracy. If some votes are worth more than others then our natural rights have been affected and this is similar to theft. If a government is formed using an unfair system then this government has no legitimacy and is a violation of natural rights. To use the first past the post voting system encourages tactical voting and it means that only voting for the major parties enables your vote to count significantly. This is not fair and in a democracy unfair votes are a violation of our natural rights because a government is formed using the process. To form a government unfairly is aggression and theft.

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