On 08/21/2013 09:04 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 05:01:07AM -0500, CryptoFreak wrote:

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So what do you think? Is their finally a political party more closely aligned with the cypherpunk ideal than the Libertarians?

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Don't forget the Pirate Parties. Despite all the fubars, the German Pirate Party is expected to hit 3+% in the national elections next months.

I've looked into the Pirate Party but, at least from the American side of things, they seem like a 'one hit wonder' who's nearly solely focused on IP law reform. Perhaps this isn't the same in other places (I can't imagine they would have won major elections with a single issue platform) but here in the States, where they exist, it seems to be the case.

In a winner-take-all system like the US, third parties are irrelevant, except insofar as they (like Bernie Sanders) caucus with one of the duopoly. Birgitta Jonsdottir gets good press as a PP member of the Icelandic Parliament. FOr what that's worth.