The problem with the fptp system is that voters are denied what is their natural right... which is to be respected as a voter. If it is a necessity to have a government then it must naturally be democratic and further it must not be susceptible to Duverger's law ("plurality rule elections structured within single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system"). If the voting system is susceptible to Duverger's law (as all single-winner elections are) then the natural democratic rights of the people have been denied. We have a right to be free from Duverger-susceptibility and so we have a right for the government not to use first past the post.
It is not true to say that the government and politicians necessarily know what is best for the country... this is why we have elections. It is the people in a democracy who know what is best and it is they who must take precedence but with fptp the voter doesn't take precedence as they should.
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