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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

If fascism is popular enough to win under PR, FPTP isn’t going to stop it

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    Yup, but I think PR fosters the emergence of Far Right/fascist parties.

    I sort of explained the mechanisms to someone else in this thread here:

    https://lemmy.ca/comment/18847795

    tl;dr: FPTP discourages fringe parties, so they can't snowball into something much more dangerous. And PR systems have, in the last couple of decades, had a much harder time passing significant legislation which has led to a general stagnation/dissatisfaction, whereas a system that produces strong majority governments for better or worse, gets a legit chance to pass comprehensive legislation to tackle issues. Carney has 4ish years to try his best to make serious change without having to beg the Conservatives for everything.

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