Democracy is choice and proportionality

Democracy is concerned with choice. If there is no choice there is no democracy. First past the post removes choice because only one of the established parties has a chance of power. There is no point voting for one of the smaller parties because unless a sufficient number of people do so your vote will be wasted. We know that there are established parties on the right and on the left and so there is no point considering anyone else. We waste our vote if we do not vote for an establishment candidate. Because all the power is given to the single winning candidate votes for smaller parties get no recognition... and are a wasted vote. It is only worthwhile to vote for a candidate who has a chance of (outright) success. Because of this dynamic our choice of candidates is reduced to just two... one on either side of the left-right axis. Fptp reduces choice by not giving minority candidates representation. Failure to accommodate minority candidates reduces choice and since democracy is concerned with choice this reduces the effectiveness of fptp as a democratic system. Failure to be proportional reduces choice and is not democratic... to be democratic a voting system must be proportional. If there is not proportionality there is not choice and if there is not choice there is not democracy. Democracy is choice and without proportionality there is no choice. Proportionality is choice. Without choice there is no democracy.