Monday 15 April 2013

Democracy is good at stopping crime

The purpose of democracy is to enable the people to have a government and protect themselves from crime. If there is no government (no democracy) there is anarchy and no objective means to prevent crime. We cannot arrest criminals if we do not have an objective means by which we can determine the truth of property claims. So for peace and freedom we require government and a democracy... but if we do not have pr then we will not be able to vote in a naive sense for our preferred candidate. If we must make tactical considerations when we vote we are not voting in a naive fashion as we should be able to do. If we do not have pr then we are not able to vote in a naive fashion and our ability to be represented in government is diminished. It is more difficult to protect our property rights if we do not have pr. The government is more effective and more powerful if we have a fully proportional system. First past the post is a weak system because the people are not represented instead power is given to the political establishment. Fptp is not true democracy is is ownership by (control of the government by) the political establishment. True democracy is proportional which leads to more effective prevention of crime. It is easier (if we are a criminal) to commit a crime if we live in a country with first past the post because the mechanisms by which the state can prevent crime are weakened. It is only with the state that we can stop crime but fptp weakens the state. Fptp does not lead to strong government (since government is democratic) it leads to government by the political establishment and the two main parties... which is not strong government. To get strong (and legitimate) government requires full democracy which is proportional democracy. Only with pr do we have strong government... which is the best means to prevent crime. Strong government is good and fptp prevents it.

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