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Governments and their actions do NOT, as a rule, reflect the opinions and desires of the average citizen.

Doesn't majority voting actually mean the opposite?

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Israel has a closed list representative legislature with coalition governments so not really, its more like commonwealth states than it is like the US. Theres basically one electoral district and they just elect people off a list based on how many votes the party got.

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Okay so how many people voted for parties that aren't currently advocating invading Lebanon as well as Gaza? Afaik that would be (maybe) Lapid.

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The problem with majority voting is that the median voter really has like one issue in mind when they vote and then :marseypikachu#2: when they get elected and do other things

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