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Re:Math Exposition on YouTube by cryptonector on Saturday August 05, 2023 @02:04AM (#37009408)
Proportional representation has problems too. There is no perfect system.
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Re:Math Exposition on YouTube by PartiallyTyped on Saturday August 05, 2023 @03:20AM (#37009784)
Direct democracy it is then.
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Re:Math Exposition on YouTube by mathfan on Saturday August 05, 2023 @03:34AM (#37009850)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%27s_impossibility_theore...
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Re:Math Exposition on YouTube by chriswarbo on Saturday August 05, 2023 @08:30AM (#37011370)
> There is no perfect system.

So what? FPTP is objectively the worst voting method, across pretty much all metrics (others may do slightly worse at local representation).

Also, proportional representation is a class of voting methods (my personal preference being STV).

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