Tuesday 27 May 2014

If there is more democracy this will lead to freedom

Crime is not popular with the people either when it is perpetrated against themselves or others. Of course people don't like being victims of crime themselves but it is also true that people don't like to see others being a victim of crime. Sometimes people feel even more strongly about the suffering of other people than themselves.

Knowing that crime is unpopular we can assume that to have a democracy is safe and preferable to having an unaccountable state. If a totalitarian state is governed by a typical peaceful person then it has a chance of being benign but over time there is a chance of an ignorant tyrant rising to power which means that totalitarianism is a risk to the security of the people. With democracy this risk is reduced because the people on the whole will reject crime and violence. Crime is unpopular and so then democracy is safe and secure.

Because crime is unpopular it is generally preferable to be governed by the most democratic possible state. If there is more democracy there is less crime and more freedom. For this reason it is preferable to have a proportional system instead of a winner-takes-all (one winner) system. If there are multiple winners and not merely one then the incentive to vote tactically is reduced and the system is able to represent minority interests.

Proportional representation is preferable because it is more democratic and when the people dislike crime more democracy will lead to less crime and more freedom. Freedom is the opposite of crime and if there is more democracy this will lead to freedom since it is true that the people dislike crime.

Crime is unpopular and so then we should have proportional representation to provide the most possible freedom.

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