Comments on: Pirate Party Officially Begins Forming in Utah

By: John Milton

John Milton — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I sure wish them the best of luck also. They’re gonna need it. Never has been in the history of modern democracy such a state as the USA. The country that claims to posses all the democracy in the world yet has only two leading parties for God knows how long and never changing a damn thing in it’s politics. So much power and wealth yet so little wisdom. What a shame.

By: Signa

Signa — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I so totally agree J.M.

By: UtahPirate

UtahPirate — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

J.M. I’m in complete agreement. I’d also like to add that for a country who claims a corner on the market in democracy there are surprisingly few people who are actually involved. A lot of this I think has to do with the way people think about politics. Nobody’s willing to step up to the plate and actually try to say something’s wrong because we’ve been taught that politics are boring and that one person can’t make a difference. The point is numbers are needed in order to change anything and with less than 35% of all people in the US who are eligible to vote actually voting none of this is likely to change.

Pirate party or not if people aren’t willing to make a stand then there will be no change and the Utah Pirate Party will fall to the wayside in Utah just as the Libertarians Greens Reforms and Socialists.

The list of things that actually need changing is still short but it’s an important list. Civil liberties aren’t really something that one industry should be allowed to change yet there they are chipping away at freedom of speech privacy fair use due process and network neutrality. All of these issues are interconnected even if the connection isn’t obvious.

And… they didn’t “lose out votes” in Florida in 2000… those votes were mishandled. And again in 2004. I wonder if Florida will have a problem in 2008. This is why we need a more transparent government. Any government who tries to argue that counting votes in secret will help deter mishandling votes has its head on backward.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

@Utah
Well Nader did receive some 97000 votes in Florida in 2000 and many who voted foir him surely wouldve voted for Gore instead who merely needed like 1000 to win I believe?

By: Zoness

Zoness — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Pirate Party for Illinois now please.

By: du2vye

du2vye — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

People are apathetic because no one really believes their voice or vote is heard or means anything anymore. The biggest challenge for any political party is getting grassroots support and that involves actually representing them with more than just words. If the Pirate party can do that – they could be serious competition. Right now I wouldn’t even call our politics a two party system.

By: invarbrass

invarbrass — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

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