>You spent two paragraphs arguing that FPTP voting systems are responsible for the stability of the US, Canada and Britain I did not say that, I'm sorry that y

>You spent two paragraphs arguing that FPTP voting systems are responsible for the stability of the US, Canada and Britain I did not say that, I'm sorry that you got that impression. I am saying that political systems overall are simply much less important than many people, including anti-FPTP campaigners, believe. These examples were simply meant to illustrate the non-correlation between government structure & stability- I could just as easily point to how stable most European PR countries are, or how unstable FPTP users like Jamaica, Pakistan and Yemen can be. It's my belief that the US, Canada and Britain would be equally stable under PR. I am very much making an implicit statement about culture. Fun fact, with a little more research I learned that both South Korea & Taiwan use FPTP for at least some parliamentary offices. Again, if the voting system makes such a huge difference....