A system that expects parties to listen, compromise and find common ground produces calmer politics and better decisions.
Canada can have that too with proportional representation. We just have to choose it.
Hearing about the beauty of cooperation in Finland, it hits home.
19 Comments
Hegar@fedia.io · 21 pts · 270d
Proportional representation is great. In australia we use it for one house of parliament with preferential voting for the other. It allows a wider range of popular opinion to be reflected than even preferential.
But both italy and israel have proportional representation, so let's not think that it magically turns you into a scandanavian social democracy.
Sunshine@piefed.ca · 12 pts · 270d
Italy uses a parallel system and Israel has serious problems with their society.
Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Austria use proportional representation and they’re very successful stable democracies.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 5 pts · 270d
Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 269d
Technically Finland is not part of Scandinavia.
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 269d
Ah, yes, the great democratic system of Australia, in which if you elect a government too far to the left, you get a coup. Where criticizing a politician on social media gets your home firebombed
greenbit@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 270d
Right now there's not calm politics and better decisions because the capitalists didn't need to compromise and find common ground, they just built a coalition with their fascist friends. It's also a broken system
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 270d
Iceland under proportional representation with the highest percentage of unions says otherwise.
greenbit@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 270d
I don't know how Iceland has fixed the issue I mentioned with Finland
Jarix@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 270d
Iceland can't even save it's own language. They are a tiny tiny nation that can't be a model for influential nations that need a change in a sane direction
Sunshine@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 269d
Ah yes let’s ignore all their successes because no country is perfect.
Because they should model their countries on widespread corruption and stupid wars instead. Are you kidding me?
Jarix@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 269d
You could use better examples and make a better argument. Iceland is NOT a good example for your argument
just because you don't like what you are being told, doesn't mean its wrong to point out. You don't get upset about it.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 270d
We've had minority governments before. We have one now.
Usually it's when the best things happen for us.
It's hard to use the successes of one system to promote another, though, as all of the good things we got from our minority government happened before prop rep.
jackod@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 270d
Its all well and good until Winston Peters comes along. (Known as the king maker in NZ as he has gotten do decide the outcome of multiple elections)
Definitely better than the two party system though.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 270d
If people want bad parties to get elected they will get them no matter the electoral system.
piwakawakas@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 269d
Truth. It's unfortunate that the 8% that voted for Act is getting way more input than the other 92% though
umbrella@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 270d
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 269d
No, but you see, we have to listen to the prop exploitation parties and reach a middle ground with them! /s
TommyJohnsFishSpot@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 270d
based supporter of developing countries who uses imperialist terminology to described them
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 270d
TommyJohnsFishSpot@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 270d
hope your country develops well 🙂
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 270d
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 269d
Like, not doing trade with them, not buying anything from there, what should stop
Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 269d
Yes, the famous big time colonizer Finland…