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Your argument about the magnification of power is interesting. I agree that gerrymandering tends in this direction. I’m not convinced this is (1) a healthy thin
by xpe 7y ago
Your argument about the magnification of power is interesting. I agree that gerrymandering tends in this direction. I’m not convinced this is (1) a healthy thing overall, (2) compatible with reasonable definitions of representation, nor (3) a particularly efficient way to give party or ideological continuity given the huge risks of corruption that come with gerrymandering.
- mrkstu 7y agoI just think it is more like first past the post parliamentary government- the party in power gets to implement its agenda whether its a large majority or even a plurality. Not out of the norm around the world or considered anti-democratic.