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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dunster@MIT.EDU)
Tue Dec 6 12:45:04 1994
From: dunster@MIT.EDU
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 1994 12:43:24 EST
>1) proportional representation: if the Republicans receive 45% of the
>vote, the Dems get 45%, the Libs get 8%, and the Greens get 2%, then
>the represenative body is made up of 45% Reps, 45% Dems, etc. This
>system is used in many of the democracies of Western Europe. It
>hasn't led to a libertarian Utopia, but it is still an interesting
>system...
It is also what is used in Israel, and is what leads to those insane
coalition governments. It would mean the Democrats would make
coalitions with the Communists and Socialists, the Republicans with
Libertarians and United We Stand, etc. Potentially ugly.
Dan Dunn
