It is well understood that if liberals do not vote tactically in a majoritarian election then this is helpful to the collectivist parties and voters of the left. A proportional system does not require tactical voting so it removes this inherent democratic advantage (which is present in a majoritarian system) from the collectivists. If a system is not proportional there is no way (for liberals) to oppose collectivists without voting tactically... which many liberals are reluctant to do. Under a majoritarian system if liberals do not vote tactically (which is to say defensively) then the 'left' will win. Majoritarian systems are not helpful to liberals because of the requirement to vote tactically... a defensive vote must be a tactical vote with fptp whereas with pr any vote (even a non-tactical honest vote) is defensive. Not only tactical votes are defensive with pr all of them are. With fptp only tactical votes are defensive against tyranny.
Fptp requires people to vote tactically which is not a requirement of pr where all votes are automatically (naturally) defensive and so there is no need for people to vote tactically.
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