Sujet : Re: The joy of Democracy
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 04. Oct 2024, 01:37:13
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On Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:55:51 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
The kind of people who benefit from "winner take all" (a.k.a
"first past the post") generally do their best to dismantle
those checks and balances. And they have centuries of experience
in gaming the system.
Here in NZ we got the system changed as a result of a referendum in 1993,
getting rid of British-style first-past-the-post in favour of German-style
MMP.
It can be done, if there is the political will to do it.