Well, the entire point of ranked choice is that you can do this. You can put unknown candidates up top without having to be afraid to „waste“ your vote, as you would have, with FPTP.
I am pretty confident that this would not have happened were it not for ranked choice. People would have voted the „safe“ candidate instead.
Unpopular opinion, but I actually like the competitive landscape in public health care in Germany. IMHO this is the best example for capitalism: you define exactly what each company has to deliver, and they can compete on:
The nature of the strong regulation here makes them compete on actual relevant things, and they can’t externalize the costs (mostly).
I actually believe having just one public health care company would result in a worse service.
I would rather focus on the ridiculous increase in wealth inequality, in Germany, and around the globe. That’s the root of all evil.