We can define torture in this context to mean harm imposed on someone by the state for no reason. It is different from the normal execution of justice. Torture by the government is imposed arbitrarily.
First past the post is a form of torture because it fails to grant us the full expression of our political views in a democracy. There is no reason to stifle democracy and so then we should have the most democratic system possible. To reduce democracy is to reduce the freedom of the people in favour of the state and since there is no reason to do this (and a lack of freedom is punishment) we conclude that fptp is torture.
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