Sunday, 28 October 2012
First past the post is only good for party loyalists
It makes no sense for Tory voters to tolerate first past the post. It makes perfect sense for the left to tolerate fptp because the Labour party do very well from it. It makes no sense for the 'right' to accept the fptp duopoly. The ability to vote for the Tories is no compensation for a lack of democracy. It is strange for the right to tolerate fptp in this way... it is unusual not to want (full) democracy... to be content with the obligation to vote for the party of the centre-right is strange and pathetic. No one on the right who tolerates fptp can be respected.... they are like sheep. It is amusing to see how pathetic and afraid they are... they do not even think to question their ownership. It does not even occur to them that they might have a right to democracy. They are blind to the problems of fptp because they are so completely loyal. It is not a question of fear (and of them being afraid) because voting for someone else has never even occurred to them... they have never been irritated by the Conservative party because they are so completely within the boundaries set by it.
First past the post is good for the state
First past the post is for people who fear anarchy... proportional representation is a form of anarchy so it is good for anarchists. People who oppose pr are in favour of the government.
Fptp is stable because the govt are not anarchists
Only anarchists will choose pr... the government will never choose pr which is why it is so difficult to overturn fptp. The government is generally occupied by people who want to be there (statists) which means fptp is stable. Fptp is stable because the government is not occupied by anarchists. The government are not anarchists so fptp is stable.
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