Originally Posted by
wiggin
I personally think PR is a mess - yes, it might be more inclusive, and as such has a place in countries riven by stark ethnic, cultural, or religious divides (and now, I'm not talking about Scotland and Wales - more like Kurds, Sunnis, and Shiites). But it often results in less stable governing coalitions and reversions to identity politics for ever-smaller groupings. There are fixes to the problems of PR, but I think people rate it too highly for 'fairness' over more majoritarian systems.