[pp.int.general] PP populist? (free-open-collaborative" party?)

[Jorge]

Maybe we are a "free-open-collaborative" party. I think any other 
traditional definition could divide us.

Working by common causes, the Pirate Party is also not limited by 
national borders, the activists are just referred to national state in a 
3D perspective :  )

So... We are discussing about a political innovation. We have to 
understand it (or not). :  )



David Arcos escreveu:
> Well, in the Spanish mass-media they also spread some FUD (ie, "a party from
> the computer crackers", "a party for the illegal downloads", etc).
>
> We (politely) wrote to the Spanish public television (RTVE,
> http://www.rtve.es), and we got a nice response excusing themselves.
>
> So just try to show them their mistake :-)
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Reinier Bakels <r.bakels at planet.nl> wrote:
>
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>>  My (Dutch) newspaper tonight gives an overview of the results of the
>> European elections in all the member states. The Swedish PP is geven the
>> label "populist". Is that correct? If not, PP NL may write a letter to the
>> newspaper (which is another opportunity to advertise ourselves!)
>>
>> The Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism tells me that
>> populism (usually) is a pejorative term which is not appreciated by the
>> politicians who are designated as "populist". And it explains that there are
>> many definitions of populism. If the definition is: reponding to a specific
>> desire of people (instead of following an abstract philosophy like
>> "socialism" or "liberalism"), I don't think one can blame populists. But in
>> my perception, a true populist manipulates voters by dishonest, demagogic
>> propaganda, creating an artificial ennemy for its own benefit. That
>> definition does not apply to PP, I guess?????????
>>
>> Does anyone have a better reason to argue that PP is *not* a populist
>> party? (assuming that it is an undesirable negative designation)
>>
>> reinier
>>
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