• chaogomu@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    First past the post voting is at fault here, or rather it’s at the core of a deep systemic problem.

    This video explains it quite well.

    The TLDR is Arrow’s Theorem, that basically says that all ranked voting methods (and particularly first past the post) tend to result in two party dominance over time. This is the “lesser of two evils” effect, because either side doesn’t have to convince their supporters that they’re good, just that their opponent is worse.

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      1 year ago

      You are not engaging the more general problem, which is not specifically the number of evils, whether two or more, nor the process by which one evil may be selected among many.

      The general evil is the ideal of representation, or according to some, at least representation lacking consistent and absolute accountability to the represented.

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        You’re using some sort of weird known only to you verbiage. That’s why I’m not engaging with it.

        The problem is simple, and known. First Past the Post voting has been mathematically shown to cause the rise of a two party political system. Once you have two opposing parties, they don’t have to work for the good of the people anymore, they just have to sling enough mud at the competition.

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          There is no single problem, and many of the problems are not necessarily simple.

          Many perceive a problem from decisions that affect them being made by elected representatives.

          Others may be more agreeable to elected representatives making, but demand much greater participation by and accountability to the constituency.

          Communists have long been critical of representative government, because it enforces a class disparity of elites over the governed, not broadly different from aristocratic rule.