<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>I dont think that using such a slogan helps the cause, it will put us into the anticapitalists side very fast which is a position where we will be having a harder time talking with people. At least this is my impression from Switzerland<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*disclaimer: poster is running his own startup so the focus on capitalismus is slightly less absolute*<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>Von: </b>"Justus Römeth" <squig@dfpx.de><br><b>An: </b>rms@gnu.org, "Pirate Parties International -- General Talk" <pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net><br><b>Gesendet: </b>Mittwoch, 16. Mai 2012 18:29:08<br><b>Betreff: </b>Re: [pp.int.general] Tyrant banks, walk the plank!<br><br>Well, we are talking<http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2012-05/europa-jugend-arbeitslosigkeit/seite-1>about<br>it in Germany, because of immigration and our universal care system<br>it will hit us sooner rather than later. I don't think that austerity is<br>the biggest problem, rather it is corrupt and incapable politicians that<br>can not be voted out of office (like in Spain, Italy or Greece) and budget<br>cuts that hit social welfare and education rather than infrastructure,<br>politicians' wages or saving 'important' industries like banks, car<br>manufacturers and the likes.<br><br>The Pirate Party Germany is against the ESM in its current form (well,<br>officially afaik only the PP of NRW is against it, but so far any pirate<br>you talked to thinks that it is a bad idea that is clearly not working).<br>Combine that with the unconditional basic income and the freedom of<br>education (as in educational material and free schools and universities)<br>that we have as official aims and I think we have found a way to solve this<br>crisis over here.<br><br>On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:<br><br>> The biggest political issue in much of Europe today is the austerity<br>> death spiral, aka shock capitalism.<br>><br>> That problem is not occurring in Germany, so the Pirate Party can get<br>> votes there without talking about that issue. However, a party in<br>> Spain, Italy, or Greece which doesn't give that issue an important<br>> place is not addressing the people's concerns. The coming Greek<br>> election will be, in effect, a referendum on this.<br>><br>> I therefore propose that the Pirate Movement take a stand: Tyrant<br>> banks, walk the plank!<br>><br>> --<br>> Dr Richard Stallman<br>> President, Free Software Foundation<br>> 51 Franklin St<br>> Boston MA 02110<br>> USA<br>> www.fsf.org www.gnu.org<br>> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.<br>> Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call<br>> ____________________________________________________<br>> Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br>> pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>> http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br>><br>><br><br>____________________________________________________<br>Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br>pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>