Proportional representation is not worse than first past the post but we must make this complaint against communists and not libertarians.
Government is (essentially) communism and the default party of power in a two-party system is the centre-left party. Arguments for the reform of the electoral system must appeal the centre-left party. It is possible for pr to appeal to even a communist. Presumably the communist (however naive or deluded they may be) believes their actions to be to the advantage of the people... otherwise they are being a hypocrite. Given that communists are being sincere it would not be a contradiction then for more democracy to also be to the advantage of the people. A communist (who accepts democracy) would be a hypocrite to reject pr.
More democracy leading to the risk of more government (whilst erroneous - pr leads to less (but more intelligent) government) is not even a contradiction to the claim that pr is better. Because we are making this claim against communists. Proportional representation is a way to reduce communism... only if fptp is an effective constraint of government would pr be worse.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
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