Comments by "p11" (@porky1118) on "Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible" video.
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3:15 I also hated this effect when I was younger. But a few years ago, my brother asked, if this might not be a problem, but a tfeature.
In Germany we have some way to counteract this. If one party gets elected by the majority, they won't neccessarily be the one who rules.
Some parties might be able to form a coalition, so when there are two left parties and one right party, and the right party gets around 40% and the left parties get around 30% each, they would form a coalition, which would have 60%, so they would be the rulers.
But we have the 5% hurdle. So if a single party gets less than 5%, it will just be ignored.
So let's say that 20% of the people vote for the same right party, but the remaining people vote for 20 different left parties, these parties will only get 4% on average, which is less than the hurdle. So it might be possible that no or only a few left parties are above that hurdle, and the right party still will be the ruler.
It seems unfair at first. The majority of people already is left. They only fight over minor details. Why should a right party become ruler now?
If I'm left, I just can't get exactly what I want. If I don't vote for one of the major left parties, my vote is just wasted.
But if there is a serious problem, people would be fine with voting for a party, which isn't perfect, as long as they take care of this serious problem.
If there are 20 left parties, left people don't have any major problems. They only fight about minor issues. And most of the left people probably only are left anyway because the mainstream is left.
This way the right minority has a way to regain their power.
(This also works if it's not about left and right of course)
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