> Of course, since the US is not a parliamentary democracy, our Pirate
> Party would have to be much larger than the Swedish Pirate Party to
> have a significant effect on our elections (except perhaps by
> splitting the vote as Nader is supposed to have done). That, or it
> would have to be concentrated in a single state so that it can put
> representatives and senators in Congress, as the Free State Project
> <http://freestateproject.org/> hopes to do for libertarianism.
>
> This is a fundamental problem with the way our government is
> structured, and not something that looks easy to fix.
>
> ~Nelson~
>
Actually, we have had a 'Pirate Party' here for 30 years, only we call
ourselves "Libertarians". The overhaul or outright distruction of of the
copyright & patent systems are one of the 'long-term' goals of the party.
Wake up kids, I'm over thirty now and have been a Lib for most of my adult
life.
Creighton
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