Dave Volek
1 min readJul 12, 2023

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I have saved this article for further study. Here are my thought at this point.

The first part was perhaps the best explanation of the faults of FPTP I have come across. I like the phrase about how, collectively, voters do compensate somewhat for flaws in the FPTP. This explains why Canada (FPTP) has adopted a social democratic economy similar to the Nordic countries (PR)

The later parts had math and terminology that I will need to digest. I have my doubts voters will ever take their voting intention to the level the author would like.

I was surprised that "proportional representative" was not mentioned in this article. If I missed it, it seems to be buried. In my mind, PR is great for allowing voters to cast a non-tactical vote.

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The article seems to believe that political parties are an integral part of any democracy. I say that all political parties need to be removed from democracy.

If readers are looking for a truly innovative democracy, please go this essay on Medium:

https://medium.com/tiered-democratic-governance/the-tdg-essay-cf48e4b4a1eb

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Dave Volek
Dave Volek

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Dave Volek is the inventor of “Tiered Democratic Governance”. Let’s get rid of all political parties! Visit http://www.tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/tdg.php

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