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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
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On Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:55:51 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> The kind of people who benefit from "winner take all" (a.k.a
> "first past the post") generally do their best to dismantle
> those checks and balances.  And they have centuries of experience
> in gaming the system.

Here in NZ we got the system changed as a result of a referendum in 1993, 
getting rid of British-style first-past-the-post in favour of German-style 
MMP.

It can be done, if there is the political will to do it.