[pp.int.general] Opposing austerity

[Justus Römeth]

I was speaking mainly in my name, but I am pretty sure most German pirates
would agree with that.

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Jan Lettow <janlettow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Justus Römeth <squig at dfpx.de> wrote:
> > The European Pirate Parties are all democratic parties. That means the
> only
> > thing they HAVE to do is what their members want them to do.
>
> This point is actually kind of scary. I can easily imagine lots of
> other things - human rights, the law, human decency and so on...


You can not force a group of people to discuss these things, which is what
this discussion is about.

 > Also, for parties that only have a small member base the most important
> > thing should be to extend that member base, not to work on political
> fields
> > they have no expertise on.
>
> Iirc, an economist has the same success rate as a coin flip. I think
> there is merit in the idea that common sense is sufficient to deal
> with social issues.
>
> For a party that promotes particitpation of the electorate, I find it
> astonishingly elitist to think otherwise.
>
> I'm guessing not everyone who helped start the pirates got a degree in
> politcal science first.
>

Again, you misunderstand me. I am not saying they are not allowed to think
about it, or put it on their political agenda. Keep in mind the meaning of
the words 'most important' (as opposed to 'only'), and 'should' (as opposed
to 'have to').


> > We are of the opinion that...
> > However it is important to us...
>
> Are you speaking for the party? I'm not aware where that comes from.
> Sorry if I miss something.
>
> Hope you dont mind I chimed in, this is exciting stuff.
>

Not at all, that's what an ML is for, and it is always good to be 2nd
guessed.


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