Pirate Party 3rd Largest Political Party in Sweden

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by nixy • 17 years ago

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Kollner2• 17 years ago

Christ. They have a country falling apart under the burdens of mass immigration. Ppl who even consider voting for those morons would have to be complete idiots.

buugs• 17 years ago

Maybe your missing the point and the youth are convinced of something you don't understand. There a plenty of cases of radical shifts in government and views because of what seems like simple actions and mistakes by a previous government. This should be interesting to see what happens but also serve as a warning to some of the other parts of the EU of what may come if they continue to act in a certain way.

pavlov• 17 years ago

Sweden is "falling apart"? Way to exaggerate... Here's some Nordic news in a similarly credible vein:

- Finland's population vanishes entirely due to suicides and domestic knife violence

- Norwegian language extinct due to general sulkiness

- Iceland disappears into the Atlantic under the weight of Kaupthing Bank's debt

- Danes eat too much fatty foods, explode leaving a greasy stain on EU map

Kollner2• 17 years ago

Generally Swedes are political ignorants, which to some degree is caused by having a (socialist) oppressive media that denies debate about sensitive issues. Instead of discussing something real people turn to completely ridiculous (but safe) topics like gender equality, de-constructing the "idea" of sexes and now copy right laws.

So actually, I don't think I am exaggerating. Of course I don't know for sure, but my predication is that by 2025 calls for creation of an islamic state on swedish ground will be a reality. Armed conflict will follow in sweden and other parts of europe.

kiba4• 17 years ago

This is not the mere opinion of a generation. It is also the opinion of neoclassical economists like David Levine, free market anarchists, patent lawyers like Stephen Kinsella, etc. The intellectual framework is already laid down.

The Pirate Party is actually moderate in comparsion to those abolisionists but what they proposes will effectively negate the power of copyright forever. From there it is a matter of abolishment of an entire system.

radu_floricica5• 17 years ago

According to Hernando de Soto (among others), copyright is the reason for pretty much everything good that happened to the western countries in the last couple of hundred years. And he makes a very convincing case about it, too.

The issue is a bit more complicated. The last part of the article was the most interesting. If they can put into law something against commercial lobbying (not a ban of course, but a damper) that could mean changes that are more profound and long term. And might be for the best, too.

metachris• 17 years ago

wow

i hope they gain two or more seats in the european parliament. suddenly, eu-politics would be much more interesting to follow. on June 7 i'll vote for them instead of the green party, i've typically seen as the least evil. the pirate party stands for ideals i can fully support.

since they're still a very young party they might not have good answers to a lot of questions. but they will learn and grow and spread, and will have a certain kind of influence / voice. that is a step in the right direction

TallGuyShort• 17 years ago

That's one thing I like about the parliament system - most people would surely agree that the Pirate party isn't the best party in every situation, but an awful lot of people agree with what they have to say - and now that's gonna get official representation, even if it's just on a small scale in government.

Batsu• 17 years ago

Every time I come across the whole pirate bay situation, I can't help but feel like it started as a joke that everyone took seriously and it spiraled out of control.

Does anyone else feel like this or is it just me?

nop• 17 years ago

It started as a hobby project and they are quite insistent that it still is, it's just an extremely popular hobby project. The whole thing is essentially run in a crowd-sourcing "I can improve/change that, so I will"-type of way.

So substitute joke for hobby and you are spot on.

Pirate Party 3rd Largest Political Party in Sweden

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