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The unofficial Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels of government in Canada.

Voters deserve more choice and accountability from all politicians.

Le mouvement non officiel de Lemmy visant à amener la représentation proportionnelle à tous les niveaux de gouvernement au Canada.

Les électeurs méritent davantage de choix et de responsabilité de la part de tous les politiciens.

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We're looking for more moderators, especially those who are of French and indigenous identities.

Nous recherchons davantage de modérateurs, notamment ceux qui sont d'identité française et autochtone.

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But proportional representation is too hard for the peasants to understand (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Or maybe some of us don't look at democracy from the perspective of a spreadsheet and understand power dynamics are more relevant.

Proportional representation gives too much power to political parties (the parties own the seats instead of representatives of communites) and results in backroom deals to form coalitions which can result in zero representation for minority groups.

See Israel for example. Right wing party has to keep far right crazies on their side to maintain power. Hooray for proportional representation!

The reality is a Community Representation system is the one that's too difficult for the peasants to understand. Which is why some people want bad systems like Proportional Representation.