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The German political spectrum is interesting to watch at the moment. There are substantial changes, with real consequences on all levels. So far I think this is
by loevborg 15y ago
The German political spectrum is interesting to watch at the moment. There are substantial changes, with real consequences on all levels. So far I think this is democracy doing its job well. Thus established parties, like the "liberals" (FDP) and the Greens, have neglected topics like data privacy, net neutrality. The creation of a new party, like the Greens in the eighties and the Pirates in the aughts, is a drastic sign that the agenda needs updating. Let's hope that the German political system is stable enough to sustain substantive changes to the political landscape without instability.
- muuh-gnu 15y ago> "liberals" (FDP) and the Greens, have neglected topics like data privacy, net neutrality. They didnt neglect them, they in theory represented the same values as the pirate party, but after the elections, they ritually neglected their promises in order to get into coalitions with the two big parties and into goverment. So for a certain number of younger, technology-savy people they became literaly worthless to vote for. The Pirate party rose at a such fast pace, because an increasing number of people and their concerns werent even taken seriously by the opposition.
- ugh 15y agoI don't know, the greens seem to be a lot less progressive, in theory and pactice. The greens are certainly a lot less willing to embrace technological change.
- bergie 15y agoIn Finland the Greens were considered for a long time the only defender of any issues related to the information society. But indeed, they've sold a lot of principles to stay in government. They even had an MP who has his site in Klingon: http://kasvi.org/index.php?kli http://kasvi.org/index.php?kli :-)