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Originally Posted by AlexM
No, it encourages polarization of political beliefs into 2 small and underrepresented groups. It is the furthest thing possible from moderation.
Yikes, no. Two parties will generally compete by playing to the center. In some instances where one party is vastly more numerous than the other this isn't the case, but PR would suffer from the same problem in that instance.
To call this the "furthest thing possible from moderation" is embarrassing.
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Originally Posted by AlexM
Congrats on buying into the propaganda the Demopublicans need you to believe to maintain their stranglehold on power. PR does absolutely nothing of the sort. It does, however, bring moderation.
Wrong on both counts, but I'd like to see some hard evidence that it brings about moderation.
I could, if I were inclined to pretending that conspiracies were constantly afoot, just take this the other way and say that you are buying into third party nonsense about PR bringing moderation when all they want is a chance to seize more power than their numbers would deserve.