If we are not being democratic (and we are a state) then it is possible to own slaves so then we must seek to be democratic at all times. If we form a government without an election then this is totalitarianism and slavery of the people by the state. For the state not to be democratic (which means proportional representation or direct democracy) means that the people are slaves to the state.
We have an obligation not to own slaves which means that if we are the government we must use the most democratic means of accountability possible. For the state to reject the fullest expression of democracy possible (proportional representation) means that the state is failing in it's non-slavery obligations.
First-past-the-post is an invalid voting system for the state to use because we have an obligation not to own slaves.
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