Read this and you'll stop being pessimistic :) http://falkvinge.net/2012/04/09/we-are-winning-how-pirate-parties-are-changing-the-world/ http://falkvinge.net/2

Read this and you'll stop being pessimistic :) http://falkvinge.net/2012/04/09/we-are-winning-how-pirate-parties-are-changing-the-world/ http://falkvinge.net/2012/04/09/we-are-winning-how-pirate-pa... It's only 5 years since the Pirate Parties started (first in Sweden), and it looks pretty good (in Germany they have now double diggits in the polls). Another 5 years and Pirates will be part of the gov't of several EU countries, I would guess.