• lugal@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    A few years later I was part of the Pirate Party Germany, thinking progress can be voted into power.

    It was a time of delusions. You were not alone.

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      8 months ago

      And a little bit later I was supporting the campaign of Izquierda Unida and Podemos in Spain. They raised the minimum wage, passed the gender self-determination law and increased some worker protections, despite being a minority within a government in minority. Now the political parties to the left of liberalism are cannibalizing themselves, but that’s part of our cultural heritage and must be respected 🚩🚩🚩🏴🏴🏴Also they didn’t do anything regarding housing prices, but I’ll keep blaming the PSOE for that.

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      8 months ago

      Hey I joined the pirates a few years ago. Don’t say it was delusions. We still can do sth. Like demonstrating… Yeah thats basically it.

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        8 months ago

        Sounds like a based political group! There is no problem in organizing as a political party. The delusion was to think we are the new Green Party, but this time better, and we will change the world once we are elected.

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          8 months ago

          Well this is almost always a delusion. By the time the green party was at power they were tame enough to understand the politic business and were ready for compromises

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            8 months ago

            My point exactly. Instead of learning from their mistakes I thought this time it will be different. And in a way I was right. Maybe the pirate party is structured in a way that it never will gain any power. But than again, they were part of the national government in Czech so they can become corrupt as well

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              8 months ago

              Well I think they have a higher chance than volt for example. And maybe people vote them for protest once again.