Here's why proportional representation is important. - eviltoast

It doesn’t matter if you’re a Labor fan, the good times won’t last. If you don’t install proportional representation this will come back to bite you in the ass as it has before.

  • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    My complaint is more about how voting has becoming about voting in a party that most aligns with how you want the country run, rather than voting for a wise and trusted member of your community (constituency) to be part of parliament.

    But that’s a bigger question of demographics and societal change, not just politics, and perhaps it’s not my place to ill-judge societal change.

    • noxfriend@beehaw.org
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      4 months ago

      It seems to be human nature to group together like that. It makes sense from a game theory perspective, too. Perhaps political parties are inevitable