[pp.int.general] Italian Pirate Party - Scandal

[Richard Stallman]

    > Possibly - but forking projects is pretty effective in software - why not
    in politics?

    This fight for the 'pirate brand' and trying to exclude each other from
    being part of the greater pirate movement is quite poisonous.

I don't know how the election system works in your country.
In most countries of Europe, a party needs a certain number
of votes to get any representatives in parliament at all.

If there is one Pirate Party and 10% of the voters vote Pirate,
that party will get some members in parliament.

If there are five different Pirate Parties, and each gets 2% of the vote,
probably none of the will get any members in parliament.


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