First past the post is communism

One of the strange things about the first-past-the-post voting system and those people who advocate for it is that adherents will accept that it is 'unfair' and yet still propose that it is retained. We do not very often see this in other areas, generally and especially in politics, once a discrepancy such as this has been identified it is removed with little discussion. This is not the case with first-past-the-post. The difference, although not the explanation, it that normally the discrepancy is to do with the state treating different people and groups with prejudice. Here (with fptp) it is the state itself whom is the beneficiary.

It is clear to all who have looked at the phenomenon even in passing that the fptp voting system is prejudicial against supporters of the smaller parties and for this reason it should be replaced, if the principle of democracy is to be upheld. There is no reason to defend fptp other than to protect undemocratic (unpopular) elements of the state against public opinion. To protect the state in this way is communism and oppression of the voting people.

First-past-the-post is communism because it protects the state from the voting public who they are meant (in a democracy) to serve. There is no justification for fptp (as most people recognise and accept) and yet for some reason it remains, simply because the normal means of holding the state to account via the ballot box, do not apply by definition. To some degree, it is a self-causing problem. Advocates of fptp should be punished and the normal means of punishing the state is to remove them in an election, which by definition is not easy because of the voting system.

First-past-the-post is criminally undemocratic.