If to be a solipsist means that we think nothing exists outside our own heads then we might be indifferent to the voting system used and even (perhaps) indifferent to the type of government. One of the beneficiaries of the first-past-the-post voting system is the Tory party who are closely associated with Christianity and the church. Because religions of this type tend to encourage a kind of denialist solipsism it is not unexpected that Tories would tolerate a lack of democracy. It is easier for a person whose mind is clear of religion to see the injustices caused by a lack of democracy. If Tories are solipsists then we might expect that they tolerate the first-past-the-post system.
Solipsists tend to be blind to injustices caused by the state since they do not question the state although they are often alive to non-state crimes. So a solipsist will object to the typical private crimes which we are familiar with such as assault and theft of property but they are not good at objecting to crimes perpetrated by the state... perhaps because the state and 'god' are aligned in their mind.
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