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There are no ethical choices under first-past-the-post voting. We must instead make a decision that reduces the most harm.

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[–] sp6@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago (3 children)

For anyone wondering why the first-past-the-post voting system (used by most countries) is bad, what the alternatives are, and why those alternatives are better, Nicky Case has an excellent write-up that covers all of that: https://ncase.me/ballot/

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

That was a very informative and interesting read. Thank you for sharing!

[–] Liz@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago

Love me some approval voting!

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

(used by most countries)

That might be true for head of state, but not so clear for legislature houses. From a look at the maps on this wiki page I'd say a majority of countries have some kind of at least limited PR.