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Bias toward moderation is a trade-off. Attempting to minimize it seems naive. At the extreme end, a legislature consisting of communists, anarchists, facists,

• sampo 8y ago
  > communists, anarchists, facists, theocrats, and hippies I would think all those groups together would only make what, max 20% of the US electorate? In a proportional system, they would still be a minority of the Parliament. And the internal disagreements within that minority of the representatives would prohibit them from joining forces and using even their 20% of the power. The rest 80% could mostly just ignore those fringe groups.
• korethr 8y ago
  Or perhaps it would keep the really extreme and unworkable BS out of the law and government policy. Such a diverse body of legislators is going to have a much smaller set of policies they agree is a good idea, and that would result in a smaller body of law. I see a smaller, simpler body of law that more people can think and agree with as a Good Thing.