Sunday 15 September 2013

First past the post is anarchy which is good

The advantage of a first past the post system is that it makes the problem of government obvious to everyone. If government is a valid concept then it would not lead to tactical voting because all forms of government would be acceptable and non-threatening. The prevalence of tactical voting (under fptp) shows that people not only dislike the main parties but also that they dislike the government itself. If government is to be valid it must be democratic and so then it must use proportional representation and if pr is not in use then the government is invalid. So then pr legitimises government more than first past the post... which is good only if we want to legitimise the government. If we do not want to legitimise the government then there is no reason to have pr and there are reasons to have fptp.. because it frustrates voters. There can be no valid government without pr so fptp provides no valid government and is to be welcomed.

First past the post is preferable because it invalidates government itself. There is anarchy if fptp is in use which is why fptp is a good system.

No comments:

Post a Comment