• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Alternative Vote wasn’t proportional representation though. It’s basically just like having a whole series of head-to-heads under First Past The Post. It didn’t actually solve the fundamental problem which is you end up in a situation where most of the people are unhappy with the result.

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        17 hours ago

        That’s like saying that being stabbed is better than being shot.

        The problem was it would have shut down any discussion of any other political change since they would just go “oh we already changed it”.