Proof that first past the post is oppressive

The reason to have democracy (defined by elections) in contrast to a dictatorship is that with a dictatorship there is no accountability and constraint on the powers of the state. With a democracy the people are able to reject and remove bad politicians. It is specifically this power to reject rather than accept which makes democracy liberating. It is because democracy allows the people to remove bad politicians that it is able to reduce the power of the state. Democracy is more like anarchy than dictatorship. So democracy reduces the power of the state because it gives people the ability to refuse bad government. It is a negative process. And the more choice we have the more we are able to reject the government. If we have a first-past-the-post system then this will tend towards a two-party system whereby votes for smaller third parties are wasted. The reason for this is that knowing in advance that a party you support will not do well means that it is a waste of your vote to choose it. Votes are more meaningful if they cast for the bigger parties which results in a two-party system. See Duverger's law for more information on this. If we can only (meaningfully) choose between two parties then there is less choice and less ability to refuse which crucially is the mechanism by which liberty is attained. If we can choose from more candidates we can reject more and get a smaller state. With complete anarchy we can reject all politicians... we are not governed at all. Being able to choose and reject government makes it smaller because ultimately people do not want to be ruled they want to be free. It is the natural state to be free and perverse to want a government and this is why... eventually... choice in elections will lead to less government. People do not like to be slaves and they do not like their fellow people to be slaves either which is why more choice leads to less government and why first past the post is oppressive. Fptp reduces choice and since the people (ultimately) want to be free this will result in more government which is oppressive.