At 07:46 PM 4/26/2006, Antonio Oneala wrote: >STV-PR is the best hope for a politically feasible option at the >moment, but I'm trying to say that PAV would most likely do a better >job. PAV is a rather esotric system invented just 5 years ago, >though, which is why it has no hope right now.
At least I think Mr. Oneala wrote that. The James Gilmour signature followed the above immediately.... I'm just commenting on the elephant in this living room. There is a common assumption that it is impossible for [the best system, fill in the one under discussion] to be implemented, because it is not politically feasible. Indeed, this may be true, under the current circumstances, what I often call "the system." But if we are interested in reform, why not look at what prevents good ideas from rapidly being considered, tested, proven, and then widely applied? And then try to reform *that*! metapolitics. It was thinking like this that led me to FA/DP, and now to support the latest FA/DP project: http://metaparty.beyondpolitics.org ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info