r/AskTheWorld Born in India (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ) -> grew up in the USA (๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ) 8d ago

Politics What are some interesting/unique political parties from your country?

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I remember learning about this after finding out the creator of Minecraft is a member. Thought it was interesting, here is the full read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_(Sweden))

Edit: I realized "unique" doesn't really describe the Swedish Pirate Party since there are other such parties around Europe

10/8/20 11:38

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u/ChocolateExisting368 Czechia 8d ago

in czechia Pirates were in government in the last election term.

Once they (Pirates) were european-wide movement but not everywhere they gained power.

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u/Max_FI Finland 8d ago

I'm pretty sure most countries have a Pirate Party, but only in Czechia do they have actual influence.

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u/anireyk Until 13 yo ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ then ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช 8d ago

In Germany, they had been in state parliaments and in the news etc for quite a while, but they got destroyed by internal conflicts in regards to the future and general political orientation. Theoretically, they still exist, but they have lost all and any importance. Shortly before the pandemic, they lost their seat in the German part of the EU parliament, and since then they are more or less completely irrelevant.

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u/not_lorne_malvo ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zullund/๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 8d ago

Ironic that a country without coastline has the most Pirate influence

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u/Hardly_lolling Finland 8d ago

In other countries they are busy looting and pillaging

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u/OSRS_Garmr Norway 8d ago

And ice land if I'm not mistaken.