Source: Yascha Mounk
by Yascha Mounk
“Given my own frustration with the country’s major political parties, I too wish that we could dislodge the two-party system. But sadly, the arguments for proportional representation ignore how dysfunctional the politics of many countries that have adopted the system are. Worse, they never grapple with the fact that its introduction into the United States would at most be piecemeal, importing all of the system’s dangers while foregoing most of its advantages. The idea that proportional representation can fix American politics, in short, is a dangerous delusion.” (01/16/25)
https://yaschamounk.substack.com/p/proportional-representation-is-not