Proportional Representation is bad for politicians

Proportional Representation is bad for politicians... which is a bad thing only if the politicians are more liberal than the population.

First past the post is an obstacle to freedom because it removes choice from the voter. Whether or not government is legitimate it is still a good idea to give people choice. If government is not legitimate then we can assume malign people people will be attracted to its power and so then we would want to make it as easy as possible for voters to remove politicians. To advocate pr does not require that we are enthusiastic about politicians... the reverse is true. Only if the voters are strongly collectivist and pro-government does pr become a risk because the natural resistance to the electorate provided by the parties (under fptp) prevents extreme socialism. If the politicians are more socialist than the electorate then pr is better. Only if politicians are better (more liberal) than the rest of the population is fptp a good idea.