From: "CryptoFreak" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:30:43 PM Subject: Re: Is the Wikileaks Party a cypherpunk party?
On 08/21/2013 09:04 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 05:01:07AM -0500, CryptoFreak wrote: > >>> So what do you think? Is their finally a political party more >>> closely aligned with the cypherpunk ideal than the Libertarians? > >> 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.
