486 – Topics

00:03 Electorally bound: political principles and interests, changes to Ontario’s political system, beyond electoral boundaries, regulating political debate, Ontario election financing reforms – Bill 201 – Bill 2, extended state control of non-electoral groups, a review of Bill 2, taxpayers forced to contribute millions to political parties, regulating the political debate, party leaders prohibited from attending party functions, restricting party fundraising events, restrictions on internet reporting in advance of event, third party politics

15:00 Polar-itical principles: media misdirection on financing reform issue, corruption in political fundraising, undue influence, no tolerance for disagreement, polarization, Ayn Rand’s Credibility and Polarization, anti-concepts, reform a symptom of the problem, political parties and free elections, no power vacuum

30:45 Majority fools: Trudeau’s push away from democracy, parties over individuals, Westminster style parliamentary democracy, virtues of first-past-the-post (FPTP), evils of proportional representation, filtering out unacceptable and distasteful views

43:05 Minority rule: illusions of proportional representation, balance of power held by minorities, neutralizing radical ideas, stability in government best under FPTP, polarity vs compromise, deal-making at taxpayer expense, principles and values invisible under PR, dystopian political future under PR, My Democracy survey, democratic values, democratic propositions, diversity of views, compromise required, challengers vs cooperators, majority of cooperators and innovators support mandatory voting, cultural change required

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